C/2020 A2 ( Iwamoto )

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Updated on February 8, 2021

Profile Discovery Date January 8 and 13, 2020 Magnitude 12.8 mag, 14.5 mag Discoverer Masayuki Iwamoto (Awa, Tokushima-ken, Japan), Gennady Borisov (MARGO observatory near Nauchnij, Crimea) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2019 Dec. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458840.5 T 2020 Jan. 8.32038 TT Rudenko q 0.9780100 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0009216 Peri. 68.20856 -0.35080778 -0.44394477 +/-0.0000256 Node 286.37907 -0.76702751 +0.64133385 e 0.9990986 Incl. 120.75010 +0.53721756 +0.62578265 From 434 observations 2020 Jan. 10-Apr. 22, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.6 + 5 log d + 25.0 log r(t - 25) [ ,40] ( - 2020 Feb. 17) m1 = 9.2 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [40, ] (2020 Feb. 17 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2020-H235. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.