C/2018 L2 ( ATLAS )

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Updated on August 15, 2020

Profile Discovery Date June 6, 2018 Magnitude 15.6 mag Discoverer Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) search program Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2018 Nov. 18.0 TT = JDT 2458440.5 T 2018 Dec. 2.57874 TT Rudenko q 1.7116813 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0041113 Peri. 56.22970 +0.03220270 +0.56732590 +/-0.0000007 Node 243.01854 -0.89265210 +0.38666411 e 0.9929628 Incl. 67.42370 +0.44959450 +0.72707096 From 699 observations 2017 Apr. 29-2020 Jan. 20, mean residual 0".7.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.0 + 5 log d + 25.0 log r [ ,0] ( - 2018 Dec. 2) m1 = 5.1 + 5 log d + 16.0 log r [0, ] (2018 Dec. 2 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2020-G65. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.