C/2020 F2 ( ATLAS )

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Updated on August 15, 2020

Profile Discovery Date March 21 and 22, 2020 Magnitude 19.3 mag and 19.3 mag Discoverer Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) search program, Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2022 June 30.0 TT = JDT 2459760.5 T 2022 July 15.65864 TT Rudenko q 8.8173291 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0005809 Peri. 48.35213 -0.89903312 -0.34781997 +/-0.0000020 Node 250.27251 -0.43594232 +0.76806061 e 1.0051223 Incl. 163.58487 +0.04115512 +0.53768407 From 353 observations 2019 May 27-2020 July 25, mean residual 0".4.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2020-P19. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.