C/2018 X2 (Fitzsimmons)
DEPARTED
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