Orbital period : 139.60 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2020 Aug 18 08h36 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)
| Nuclear magnitude (m2) | 16.6 | m2 standard deviation | 0.1 | Aperture radius used for m2 | 5.6 " | Right ascension | 02 20 08.88 h m s | Declination | -35 55 25.8 ° ' " | MPC report | COD X03
CON Jean-Louis Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2020.08.20 17:39:00
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
CK20M030 C2020 08 18.35847 02 20 08.88 -35 55 25.8 16.6 G X03
CK20M030 C2020 08 18.37406 02 20 11.51 -35 55 29.6 16.6 G X03
CK20M030 C2020 08 18.39633 02 20 15.22 -35 55 35.0 16.6 G X03
CK20M030 C2020 08 18.41859 02 20 18.96 -35 55 40.4 16.4 G X03
| Instrumental configuration | Config1 | Instrument | ONTC 355 | Instrument type | Newton | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 350 mm | Instrument focale length | 1645 mm | Instrument focale/diameter | 4.7 | Filter(s) | L | Camera | Moravian G3 KAF 16200 | Sensor | CCD | Sensor size | 27x21.6 mm2 | Sensor pixels number | 4500x3600 | Sensor temperature | -20 °C | Binning | 2x2 | Mount | SW EQ8 | Motorization | No | Autoguide | Yes | Exposure details | 1x3mn | Observatory MPC code | X03 | Location | Poroto Chili | Reference stars catalog | Gaia DR2 | Used softwares | ASTROMETRICA | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 1.4 "/pix | Remarks or comments | Cette comète a été découverte le 27/06 par Atlas (MPEC 2020-N11 20200703). Identifiée C/2020 M3 n'est plus sur MPC | Observation submission date | 2020 Aug 21 19h02m44s | Observation modification date | 2020 Aug 21 19h10m31s |
(Record n° 22307)