C/2020 U5 (PANSTARRS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 27 April 2022 Perihelion distance (q): 3.8 Aphelion distance (Q) : 11,482 Period (years): 435,223 Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 97.3 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve PanSTARRS 1 discovered a 20th magnitude comet in images taken with the 1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 22 October 2020. It was posted on the PCCP as P118KBd. There were pre-discovery images from PanSTARRS 2 (25 September) and Mt Lemmon (14 October). Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 13-Jan-21 19.1 0.4 09-Feb-21 18.6 0.4 02-Apr-21 18.7 0.4 13-Apr-21 18.6 0.4 13-Apr-21 18.6 0.4 11-Sep-21 16.4 0.4 20-May-22 18.3 0.4 05-Jun-22 17.7 0.4 20-Jun-22 18.3 0.4 01-Jul-22 17.9 0.4 07-Jul-22 18.4 0.4 31-Jul-22 18.4 0.4 07-Aug-22 18.1 0.4 15-Aug-22 18.4 0.4 23-Aug-22 18.3 0.4 05-Sep-22 18.6 0.4 20-Sep-22 19.0 0.4 01-Oct-22 18.7 0.4 23-Oct-22 19.2 0.4 30-Oct-22 19.4 0.4