C/2022 U1 (Leonard)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 26 March 2024 Perihelion distance (q): 4.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : 36,537 Period (years): 2,469,572 Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 128.1 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas Gregory Leonard discovered a comet of 20th magnitude in images taken with the 1.5-m reflector of the Mt Lemmon Survey on 20 October 2022. Pre-discovery Mt Lemmon images from 23 September and images taken by G. Borisov from MARGO, Nauchnij on 19 October were subsequently found. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 11-Sep-23 19.5 0.4 20-Sep-23 18.4 0.4 27-Sep-23 19.1 0.4 30-Dec-23 18.0 0.4 10-Jan-24 18.1 0.4 14-Jul-24 17.0 0.4 09-Aug-24 17.8 0.4 16-Aug-24 18.1 0.4 23-Sep-24 17.5 0.4