C/2020 K1 (PANSTARRS)
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 8 May 2023
Perihelion distance (q): 3.1
Aphelion distance (Q) : 7,749
Period (years): 241,298
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 89.7
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Atlas
PanSTARRS 2 discovered a 20th magnitude object in images taken with the 1.8m
Ritchey-Chretien on 17 May 2020. It was placed on the PCCP as P210rpD.
PanSTARRS then found pre-discovery images from April.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
18-Apr-21
17.5
0.4
06-May-21
17.5
0.4
04-Jun-21
17.0
0.4
01-Jul-21
17.1
0.4
13-Aug-21
17.0
0.4
26-Aug-21
17.2
0.4
09-Sep-21
17.07
0.06
16.9
0.4
07-May-22
14.5
0.6
08-Jun-22
13.9
0.9
24-Jun-22
14.38
0.01
13.7
1.5
01-Jul-22
14.75
0.02
13.6
0.9
08-Jul-22
14.74
0.01
13.6
1.3
18-Jul-22
14.75
0.01
13.6
0.9
28-Jul-22
14.81
0.02
13.8
0.9
31-Jul-22
14.76
0.02
14.0
0.8
13-Aug-22
14.72
0.02
13.7
0.8
23-Aug-22
14.75
0.02
13.9
0.8
30-Aug-22
14.78
0.04
13.8
0.9
20-Sep-22
13.8
1.1
07-Oct-22
14.62
0.04
13.7
0.8