C/2016 E1 PANSTARRS
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Comet C/2016 E1 was discovered on 3 March 2016 with Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala), that is about 1.3 yr before its perihelion passage. This comet was observed until 1 January 2020.

Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 10 April 2017 (7.345 au), almost 2 months before its perihelion passage.

The preferred solution given here is based on data spanning over 3.83 yr in a range of heliocentric distances: 8.62 au – 8.18 au (perihelion) – 9.90 au.

This Oort spike comet suffers rather small planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system; however, these perturbations likely lead to escape the comet from the planetary zone on a hyperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbits).
solution description
number of observations 166
data interval 2016 03 03 – 2020 01 01
data type perihelion within the observation arc (FULL)
data arc selection entire data set (STD)
range of heliocentric distances 8.62 au – 8.18 au (perihelion) – 9.9 au
detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion NG effects not determinable
type of model of motion GR - gravitational orbit
data weighting YES
number of residuals 323
RMS [arcseconds] 0.21
orbit quality class 1a+
orbital elements (barycentric ecliptic J2000)
Epoch 2325 07 12
perihelion date 2017 05 30.46830018 ± 0.00168012
perihelion distance [au] 8.17456583 ± 0.00001004
eccentricity 1.00167842 ± 0.00000831
argument of perihelion [°] 47.291471 ± 0.000098
ascending node [°] 233.095545 ± 0.000013
inclination [°] 131.913974 ± 0.000014
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] -205.32 ± 1.02