C/2021 U5 (Catalina)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 26 January 2022
Perihelion distance (q): 2.4
Aphelion distance (Q) : 431
Period (years): 3,191
Eccentricity (e): 0.99
Inclination (i): 39.0
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 19th magnitude object was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in images taken
with the 0.68-m Schmidt on 29 October 2021. It was placed on the NEOCP as
C2G7HL1, but moved to the PCCP when Nirmal Paul reported cometary activity.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
09-Mar-22
15.8
0.6
10-Mar-22
16.38
0.01
15.6
0.8
23-Mar-22
15.3
0.8
29-Mar-22
16.78
0.04
15.4
0.9
25-Apr-22
18.1
0.4
02-May-22
17.8
0.4
23-Jun-22
19.3
0.4