C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 8 January 2020
Perihelion distance (q): 1.0
Aphelion distance (Q) : 2,133
Period (years): 34,864
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 120.8
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Masayuki Iwamoto, Awa, Tokushima-ken, Japan, discovered a 13th magnitude comet
on two CCD frames taken on 8 January 2020 with a 10-cm Pentax 400-mm-f.l. f/4.0
lens and a Canon EOS 6D camera. It was posted on the PCCP as IF033. Following
posting, Gennady Borisov confirmed the 15th magnitude comet in frames taken on
13 January.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
07-Feb-20
15.40
0.05
12.3
3.2
16-Feb-20
15.72
0.02
12.6
3.8
17-Feb-20
15.77
0.13
12.7
3.4