C/2018 L2 (ATLAS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 2 December 2018 Perihelion distance (q): 1.7 Aphelion distance (Q) : 486 Period (years): 3,809 Eccentricity (e): 0.99 Inclination (i): 67.4 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 16th magnitude comet was discovered in images taken with the 0.5m Schmidt at Mauna Loa on 6 June 2018 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team. It had been posted on the PCCP as A1077xy. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 06-Jul-18 15.45 0.04 13.5 0.9 13-Jul-18 15.59 0.03 14.2 0.7 10-Sep-19 18.37 0.09 17.7 0.2 01-Oct-19 18.23 0.08 17.4 0.3 28-Oct-19 18.56 0.10 17.9 0.2 23-Nov-19 18.48 0.06 17.1 0.3 30-Nov-19 18.76 0.04 18.4 0.3