C/2020 F3 ( NEOWISE )

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Updated on February 26, 2021

Profile Discovery Date March 27, 2020 Magnitude 17 mag Discoverer Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2020 July 10.0 TT = JDT 2459040.5 T 2020 July 3.67908 TT Rudenko q 0.2946493 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0027574 Peri. 37.27882 +0.71860079 +0.14386800 +/-0.0000017 Node 61.01054 +0.28190300 -0.95464027 e 0.9991875 Incl. 128.93729 +0.63572290 +0.26069896 From 1399 observations 2020 Mar. 27-Sept. 30, mean residual 0".8.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.5 + 5 log d + 30 log r [ ,-66] ( - 2020 Apr. 28) m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 12.0 log r [-66, 0] (2020 Apr. 28 - 2020 July 3) m1 = 6.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [ 0, 68] (2020 July 3 - 2020 Sept. 9) m1 = 5.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [ 68, 95] (2020 Sept. 9 - 2020 Oct. 6) m1 = 9.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [ 95, ] (2020 Oct. 6 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2020-U96. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.