C/2019 K8 (ATLAS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 21 July 2019 Perihelion distance (q): 3.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : 2,811 Period (years): 52,794 Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 93.2 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve An 18th magnitude comet was discovered in images taken with the 0.5m Schmidt at Mauna Loa on 27 May 2019 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team. It had been posted on the PCCP as A10dGSV and as A10eo6k. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 02-Jun-19 19.13 0.15 18.6 0.2 07-Aug-19 18.67 0.06 18.5 0.2 09-Sep-19 18.90 0.14 18.7 0.2 27-Dec-19 18.77 0.08 18.4 0.2 30-Jan-20 19.01 0.19 18.9 0.2