C/2022 W3 (Leonard)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 22 June 2023
Perihelion distance (q): 1.4
Aphelion distance (Q) : 571.7
Period (years): 4,850
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 103.6
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Gregory Leonard discovered a comet of 20th magnitude in images taken with the
1.5-m reflector of the Mt Lemmon Survey on 26 November 2022. There were pre-
discovery PanSTARRS images from 13 November.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
28-Jan-23
17.6
0.4
21-Feb-23
17.9
0.4
20-Mar-23
17.7
0.4
19-Aug-23
16.9
0.4