Comet
PANSTARRS
C/2020 T4 (PANSTARRS)
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- -53,626.424 AU
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 83.82°
- Perihelion
- 2.192 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 50.62°
- Argument of periapsis
- 79.6°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459400.74757 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · HYP
- Hyperbolic comet
- Earth MOID · 711.5 LD
- 1.8283 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.198
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 171
- Data arc
- 264 days
- First observed
- 26 September 2020
- Last observed
- 17 June 2021
- Residual RMS
- 0.4 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 1 July 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.8
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 4.5
- 15.8
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2020 T4
Named
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB