C/2020 PV6 (PANSTARRS)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 26 September 2021
Perihelion distance (q): 2.3
Aphelion distance (Q) : 81.4
Period (years): 271
Eccentricity (e): 0.95
Inclination (i): 128.2
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
PanSTARRS 1 discovered an asteroid in images taken with the 1.8m Ritchey-
Chretien on 13 August 2020. It was placed on the PCCP as P113P9h. No cometary
activity was detected at the time. The object was classified by JPL as a Centaur
asteroid.
Cometary activity was detected in May 2021 and the object was reclassified as a
comet.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
08-Mar-22
16.8
0.6
24-Mar-22
17.7
0.4
30-Mar-22
17.8
0.4
08-Apr-22
18.1
0.4
24-Apr-22
19.1
0.4
02-May-22
19.6
0.4
03-May-22
19.5
0.4
05-May-22
19.2
0.4
16-May-22
20.1
0.4
23-May-22
20.1
0.4