C/2023 A1 (Leonard)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 18 March 2023 Perihelion distance (q): 1.8 Aphelion distance (Q) : 464.4 Period (years): 3,559 Eccentricity (e): 0.99 Inclination (i): 94.7 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Gregory Leonard discovered a comet of 19th magnitude in images taken with the 1.5-m reflector of the Mt Lemmon Survey on 9 January 2023. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 06-Apr-23 17.1 0.4