C/2020 U5 (PANSTARRS)
DEPARTED
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