C/2019 K1 (ATLAS)
DEPARTED
Type: Hyperbolic
Perihelion date: 12 February 2020
Perihelion distance (q): 2.0
Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a
Period (years): n/a
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 87.2
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 17th magnitude comet was discovered in images taken with the 0.5m Schmidt at
Mauna Loa on 16 May 2019 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert
System) team. It had been posted on the PCCP as A10dGSV.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
28-May-19
17.16
0.19
16.5
0.3
02-Jun-19
16.59
0.20
15.7
0.3
29-Jun-19
16.92
0.02
16.0
0.4
27-Jul-19
17.15
0.04
16.5
0.2