C/2020 H6 (ATLAS)
DEPARTED
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
20-May-22
15.14
0.03
16.7
0.4
07-Jun-22
16.7
0.4
18-Jun-22
16.4
0.4
25-Jun-22
16.8
0.4
02-Jul-22
16.9
0.4
03-Jul-22
16.6
0.4
13-Jul-22
16.9
0.4
01-Aug-22
17.0
0.4
08-Aug-22
17.1
0.4
15-Aug-22
16.8
0.4
24-Aug-22
17.2
0.4
05-Sep-22
17.2
0.4
01-Oct-22
16.9
0.4
01-Nov-22
17.7
0.4
03-Feb-23
17.5
0.4
21-Feb-23
17.7
0.4
10-Mar-23
18.2
0.4
20-Mar-23
18.1
0.4
21-Jun-23
18.4
0.4
22-Jun-23
19.0
0.4
08-Jul-23
18.9
0.4
19-Jul-23
18.7
0.4
25-Jul-23
18.9
0.4
09-Aug-23
19.4
0.4
15-Aug-23
19.4
0.4