C/2020 R6 ( Rankin )

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Updated on January 20, 2022

Profile Discovery Date September 15, 2020 Magnitude 20.2 mag Discoverer David Rankin (Mount Lemmon Survey)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2022 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2459600.5 T 2019 Sept. 9.58664 TT Rudenko q 3.1313119 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0028073 Peri. 272.00452 +0.06057104 +0.97597621 +/-0.0000041 Node 12.17781 +0.28902549 +0.18354210 e 0.9912096 Incl. 82.81168 -0.95540327 +0.11739989 From 58 observations 2019 May 14-2020 Oct. 21, mean residual 0".6.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2021-Y10. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.