New Comet P/2020 X1 ATLAS

CBET 4895 & MPEC 2020-X71, issued on 2020, December 9, announce the discovery of a new comet has been designated P/2020 X1 ATLAS.

A. Valvasori and E. Guido, performed follow-up measurements of this object while it was still on the PCCP webpage.

Stacking of 30 unfiltered exposure, 60 seconds each, obtained remotely on 2020, December 8.2 from H06 (iTelescope, New Mexico) through a 0.43 m f/4.5 Reflector + CCD, show that this object is a comet with a diffuse come about 10" in diameter.

MPEC 2020-X71, assigns the following preliminary elliptical orbital elements to comet P/2020 X1 ATLAS: 

T 2020 Aug. 1.31597 TT                                                    
q   2.8894078            (2000.0)                        
n   0.10289608     Peri.  326.17293             
a   4.5102799       Node    56.06637            
e   0.3593728       Incl.   31.55055