C/2020 P4 ( SOHO )

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Updated on September 6, 2020

Profile Discovery Date August 5, 2020 Magnitude 8 mag Discoverer Worachate Boonplod (LASCO C3 coronagraph images onboard the SOHO spacecraft)

Orbital Elements C/2020 P4-A Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5 T 2020 Aug. 8.21788 TT Rudenko q 0.0907634 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0229956 Peri. 177.47564 +0.99223786 +0.11870382 +/-0.0179647 Node 175.20707 -0.12044707 +0.99150936 e 1.0020872 Incl. 26.32994 -0.03092792 -0.05309033 From 497 observations 2020 Aug. 5-9, mean residual 0".3. C/2020 P4-B Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5 T 2020 Aug. 8.12715 TT Rudenko q 0.0983086 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0048959 Peri. 173.40234 +0.96737377 +0.24411446 +/-0.0129853 Node 171.49975 -0.24832519 +0.96664485 e 1.0004813 Incl. 27.29998 -0.05022534 -0.07749750 From 79 observations 2020 Aug. 6-7, mean residual 0".5. C/2020 P4-C Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5 T 2020 Aug. 6.80183 TT Rudenko q 0.0865444 (2000.0) P Q z -0.1486504 Peri. 116.72935 +0.23755429 +0.95688012 +/-0.0652142 Node 164.04446 -0.95492336 +0.19850654 e 1.0128649 Incl. 37.45654 +0.17801501 -0.21207451 From 28 observations 2020 Aug. 7-7, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph Component A: m1 = 14.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r Component B: m1 = 15.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r Component C: m1 = 15.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2020-Q231. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.