C/2020 S2 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on February 21, 2021

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* Profile

Discovery Date September 16, 2020
Magnitude 20.7 mag
Discoverer Pan-STARRS1 1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien reflector (Haleakala, Hawaii)

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2020 Dec. 17.0 TT = JDT 2459200.5
T 2020 Dec. 21.94037 TT                                 Rudenko
q   1.7560368            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.03035258     Peri.  202.26579     +0.77527584     -0.62092523
a  10.1782301      Node   197.68536     +0.62158993     +0.78257402
e   0.8274713      Incl.   22.39792     +0.11213086     -0.04505276
P  32.5
From 93 observations 2020 Aug. 19-2021 Jan. 8, mean residual 0".6.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 17.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2021-B143.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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