C/2020 PV6 (PANSTARRS)

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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