C/2020 H6 (ATLAS)
Type: Hyperbolic
Perihelion date: 1 October 2021
Perihelion distance (q): 4.7
Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a
Period (years): n/a
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 80.0
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 19th magnitude comet was discovered in images taken with the 0.5m Schmidt at
Haleakala on 22 April 2020 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert
System) team. It was posted on the PCCP as A10lExP.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
10-Jan-21
16.9
0.4
23-Jan-21
16.9
0.4
10-Feb-21
17.3
0.4
14-Feb-21
16.5
0.4
17-Mar-21
16.3
0.4
24-Mar-21
16.5
0.4
03-Apr-21
15.9
0.4
10-Apr-21
16.58
0.02
16.1
0.4
17-Apr-21
15.3
0.4
04-May-21
16.46
0.04
15.4
0.4
12-May-21
15.5
0.4
14-May-21
15.6
0.4
13-Jun-21
16.4
0.4
01-Jul-21
16.4
0.4
25-Mar-22
16.6
0.4
30-Mar-22
16.52
0.03
16.7
0.4
08-Apr-22
16.52
0.02
16.3
0.4
26-Apr-22
16.8
0.4
06-May-22
16.50
0.03
16.4
0.4