P/2020 V4 ( Rankin )

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Updated on January 17, 2021

Profile Discovery Date November 15, 2020 Magnitude 19.2 mag Discoverer David Rankin (Mount Lemmon Survey) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2021 July 5.0 TT = JDT 2459400.5 T 2021 July 17.94775 TT Veres q 5.1484798 (2000.0) P Q n 0.03451903 Peri. 256.99903 -0.17040967 -0.98047404 a 9.3417948 Node 203.50804 +0.97225801 -0.15111006 e 0.4488768 Incl. 14.24313 +0.16023390 -0.12584282 P 28.6 From 146 observations 2019 Sept. 22-2020 Nov. 27, mean residual 0".3.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2020-W179. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.