C/2022 P3 (ZTF)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 27 July 2022
Perihelion distance (q): 2.6
Aphelion distance (Q) : 565
Period (years): 4,775
Eccentricity (e): 0.99
Inclination (i): 59.5
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
The Zwicky Transient Facility discovered a 19th magnitude comet on 2 August 2022
with the 1.2m Oschin Schmidt.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
08-Oct-22
18.6
0.4
26-Oct-22
18.4
0.4
02-Nov-22
18.7
0.4
05-Nov-22
18.4
0.4
22-Nov-22
17.8
0.4
25-Nov-22
18.4
0.4
30-Nov-22
18.0
0.4
18-Jan-23
18.9
0.4
16-Feb-23
19.1
0.4
19-Feb-23
19.4
0.4
22-Feb-23
19.3
0.4
26-Feb-23
19.5
0.4