CBET 4896 & MPEC 2020-X156, issued on 2020, December 14, announce the discovery of a new comet has been designated C/2020 X2 ATLAS.
A. Valvasori and E. Guido, performed follow-up measurements of this object while it was still on the PCCP webpage.
Stacking of 15 unfiltered exposure, 120 seconds each, obtained remotely on 2020, December 13.2 from I89 (iTelescope, Spain) through a 0.32 m f/7.9 Reflector + CCD, show that this object is a comet with a diffuse come about 7.5" in diameter.
MPEC 2020-X156, assigns the following preliminary iperbolic orbital elements to comet C/2020 X2 ATLAS:
T 2020 Nov. 15.88476 TT
q 3.8285172 (2000.0)
n 0.01486921 Peri. 347.35617
a 16.3786262 Node 105.45889
e 0.7662492 Incl. 18.19160
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