C/2020 F3 ( NEOWISE )

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Updated on August 10, 2024

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

Orbital Elements Epoch 2021 July 5.0 TT = JDT 2459400.5 T 2020 July 3.65334 TT Rudenko q 0.2946979 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0029039 Peri. 37.27802 +0.71859865 +0.14394980 +/-0.0000023 Node 61.01339 +0.28194565 -0.95463443 e 0.9991442 Incl. 128.94082 +0.63570641 +0.26067520 From 1490 observations 2020 Mar. 27-2021 June 8, mean residual 0".7.

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. 2021-N06. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.