C/2020 F2 ( ATLAS )

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Updated on October 14, 2023

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 2023 Feb. 25.0 TT = JDT 2460000.5 T 2022 July 15.10658 TT Rudenko q 8.8168436 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0006173 Peri. 48.33592 -0.89885518 -0.34829665 +/-0.0000011 Node 250.28583 -0.43633413 +0.76787832 e 1.0054428 Incl. 163.58770 +0.04088877 +0.53763587 >From 1313 observations 2019 May 27-2023 Feb. 27, mean residual 0".4.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = -11.5 + 5 log d + 25 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2023-D72. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.