C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 19 March 2025 Perihelion distance (q): 1.8 Aphelion distance (Q) : 310.0 Period (years): 1,946 Eccentricity (e): 0.99 Inclination (i): 79.3 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Kacper Wierzchos discovered a comet of around 20th magnitude in images taken with the 1.5-m reflector of the Mt Lemmon Survey on 11 May 2024. There were pre- discovery images from PanSTARRS from March and April. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 09-Aug-24 18.9 0.4