C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
Type: Hyperbolic
Perihelion date: 31 July 2025
Perihelion distance (q): 3.8
Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a
Period (years): n/a
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 5.5
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Atlas
PanSTARRS 2 discovered a 21st magnitude comet in images taken with the 1.8 m
Ritchey-Chretien on 4 July 2022. Pre-discovery images taken on 2, 7 and 10 June
were then found.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
18-Aug-23
18.3
0.4
03-Sep-23
18.0
0.4
10-Sep-23
17.8
0.4
17-Sep-23
18.1
0.4
01-Oct-23
17.9
0.4
17-Oct-23
17.9
0.4
11-Nov-23
18.2
0.4
08-Dec-23
18.2
0.4
15-Jul-24
16.7
0.4
16-Jul-24
16.7
0.4
31-Jul-24
16.6
0.4
09-Aug-24
16.4
0.4
30-Aug-24
15.4
0.6
06-Sep-24
15.2
0.6
30-Sep-24
15.4
0.6
07-Oct-24
15.5
0.6
20-Oct-24
16.3
0.4
29-Oct-24
15.8
0.6
04-Nov-24
16.4
0.4
19-Nov-24
15.9
0.6
26-Nov-24
16.4
0.4