C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 14 January 2023
Perihelion distance (q): 1.3
Aphelion distance (Q) : 205.7
Period (years): 1,053
Eccentricity (e): 0.99
Inclination (i): 48.2
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
The ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team discovered a 19th
magnitude object in images taken with the 0.5 m Schmidt at Mauna Loa on 25
October 2022.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
14-Nov-22
18.2
0.4
25-Jan-23
14.69
0.08
11.5
3.4
18-Feb-23
12.4
4.5
23-Feb-23
16.15
0.03
13.4
2.6
13-Mar-23
15.4
0.9
20-Mar-23
16.0
0.9