C/2018 X2 (Fitzsimmons)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 8 July 2019 Perihelion distance (q): 2.1 Aphelion distance (Q) : 308 Period (years): 1,929 Eccentricity (e): 0.99 Inclination (i): 23.1 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Alan Fitzsimmons discovered a 19th magnitude comet in images taken with the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) 0.5m Schmidt at Haleakala on 8 December 2018. It had been posted on the PCCP as A10azqg. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 26-Dec-18 18.40 0.10 18.0 0.2 02-Jan-19 18.23 0.06 17.9 0.2