New comet C/2021 A1 Leonard

CBET 4907 & MPEC 2021-A99, issued on 2021, January 10, announce the discovery of a new comet has been designated C/2021 A1 Leonard.

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 2021, January 6.4 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 coma about 7" in diameter.

MPEC 2021-A99, assigns the following preliminary iperbolic orbital elements to comet C/2021 A1 Leonard: 

T 2022 Jan. 3.30380 TT                                                

q   0.6149314            (2000.0)                            

z  -0.0000792      Peri.  225.09089                 

 +/-0.0000139     Node   255.87128               

e   1.0000487      Incl.  132.68579