page_title: C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto)
hierarchical_section_title: C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto)
caption_attribution_description: English: Trajectory of parabolic comet, with 7 days of motion symbols showing spherical phases.
context_page_description: Comet C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto) is a minor body that follows a slightly hyperbolic orbit. It was visually discovered on 7 November 2018 by Donald Machholz using an 18.5-inch reflecting telescope
  and it reached perihelion on 3 December 2018.
context_section_description: Comet C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto) is a minor body that follows a slightly hyperbolic orbit (eccentricity > 1, 16.4-sigma). It was visually discovered on 7 November 2018 by Donald Machholz using an 18.5-inch reflecting telescope
  and it reached perihelion on 3 December 2018.
caption: Path of comet across sky, with 7-day motion shown
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