Wednesday, January 23, 2019

New Comet C/2019 Q4 Borisov

MPEC 2019-Q62, issued on 2019, September 23, announce the discovery of a new comet has been designated C/2019 Q4 Borisov.

A. Valvasori, C. Caselli and P. Puzno, performed follow-up measurements of this object while it was still on the PCCP webpage.

Stacking of 40 unfiltered exposure, 60 seconds each, obtained remotely on 2019, September 21.1 from Osservatorio Felsina AAB, Montepastore L19 through a 0.4 m f/5 Reflector + CCD, show that this object is a comet with a diffuse come about 11" in diameter.

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MPEC 2019-S62, assigns the following preliminary iperbolic orbital elements to comet P/2020 X1 ATLAS: T 2019 Dec. 8.40006e 3.3835756Peri. 208.98541q 2.0126273;  Incl. 43.99379


     


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