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C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Comet
C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) is a long period comet with a retrograde orbit discovered on December 18, 2018, by Japanese amateur astronomer Masayuki Iwamoto. Its period is estimated to be 1,733 years. It passed closest to Earth on February 13, 2019. Wikipedia
Discovered: December 18, 2018
Discoverer: Masayuki Iwamoto
Comet total magnitude (M1): 13.6
Eccentricity: 0.9911