C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)

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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