Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan 1(2023)
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan 1(2023)
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan 1(2023) is one of two comets that might be observable over the next month. It’s located in and around Leo, and it will be reaching a magnitude of around 7.0 in January. The link below provides more information on where to find this comet.
Information on this comet on Sechi Yoshida’s astronomy page
Images from other sites on the web
Orbital Elements
Epoch 2023 Feb. 25.0 TT = JDT 2460000.5
T 2023 Dec. 25.05802 TT Rudenko
q 1.2637825 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.15932788 Peri. 47.31042 -0.43615269 -0.89657754
a 3.3698317 Node 68.69727 +0.79959145 -0.42535264
e 0.6249716 Incl. 4.73694 +0.41282484 -0.12338496
P 6.19
>From 878 observations 2017 Aug. 10-2023 Sept. 28, mean residual 0".6.
Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.03, A2 = -0.1229.