C/2022 A2 (PANSTARRS)
Type: Hyperbolic
Perihelion date: 18 February 2023
Perihelion distance (q): 1.7
Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a
Period (years): n/a
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 108.2
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
PanSTARRS 2 discovered a 20th magnitude comet in images taken with the 1.8 m
Ritchey-Chretien on 10 January 2022. It was placed on the PCCP as P21q8AG.
There were prediscovery images with the same telescope from the day before.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
30-Mar-22
17.8
0.4
08-Apr-22
17.8
0.4
25-Apr-22
18.1
0.4
05-May-22
18.2
0.4
22-May-22
17.7
0.4