C/2023 B2 (ATLAS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 10 March 2023 Perihelion distance (q): 1.7 Aphelion distance (Q) : 1,202 Period (years): 14,759 Eccentricity (e): 1.0 Inclination (i): 40.8 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve The ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team discovered a 19th magnitude object in images taken with the 0.5 m Schmidt at Sutherland, South Africa on 21 January 2023. There were pre-discovery PanSTARRS 1 images from 16 November 2022. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 16-Apr-23 14.5 1.3 23-Apr-23 14.9 1.1 22-May-23 16.2 0.8 19-Jun-23 18.6 0.4 17-Jul-23 19.0 0.4