C/2019 K7 (Smith)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 17 June 2020 Perihelion distance (q): 4.5 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 103.5 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 17th magnitude object was discovered by Ken Smith in images taken with the 0.5m Schmidt at Haleakala on May 30.56 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team. It was posted on the PCCP as br4203 (not as A10xxxx as might be expected). Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 03-Jun-19 17.01 0.09 16.7 0.3 05-Aug-19 16.10 0.04 14.8 0.5 21-Aug-19 16.32 0.02 15.3 0.4 29-Aug-19 16.36 0.02 15.9 0.3 18-Sep-19 16.74 0.02 16.2 0.3 30-Sep-19 16.79 0.03 16.4 0.3 21-Oct-19 17.00 0.05 16.6 0.3 28-Oct-19 16.87 0.03 16.7 0.3 27-May-20 16.21 0.01 15.8 0.4 13-Sep-20 16.22 0.01 15.9 0.4 09-Oct-20 16.44 0.04 15.5 0.4 20-Feb-21 16.3 0.4 19-Mar-21 16.1 0.4 15-Apr-21 16.2 0.4 05-May-21 17.02 0.06 16.1 0.4 04-Jun-21 17.14 0.08 16.3 0.4 13-Jun-21 16.8 0.4 03-Jul-21 16.5 0.4 11-Jul-21 16.7 0.4 12-Aug-21 16.4 0.4 08-Sep-21 17.1 0.4 11-Sep-21 17.49 0.04 17.2 0.4 10-Apr-22 17.9 0.4 27-Apr-22 18.0 0.4 06-May-22 17.5 0.4 17-May-22 18.2 0.4 24-May-22 18.2 0.4 04-Jun-22 17.8 0.4 17-Jun-22 18.0 0.4 25-Jun-22 18.3 0.4 02-Jul-22 18.4 0.4 16-Jul-22 18.6 0.4 01-Aug-22 18.9 0.4 08-Aug-22 18.6 0.4 18-Aug-22 19.1 0.4 25-Aug-22 18.7 0.4 05-Sep-22 18.6 0.4 20-Feb-23 18.7 0.4 27-Feb-23 19.3 0.4 12-Mar-23 18.9 0.4 24-Mar-23 18.7 0.4 13-Apr-23 18.9 0.4 23-Apr-23 19.0 0.4