Forum der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde

COMET P/2022 O2 (PANSTARRS)

Y. Ramanjooloo reports the discovery of a comet in four 45-second survey
images taken on Aug. 17 UT by Pan-STARRS 2 (F52), noting a diffuse 2" coma
and a broad 2" tail at position angle 154 deg. Prediscovery positions were
reported back to June 2022.

Orbital elements:
P/2022 O2 (PANSTARRS)
Epoch 2022 Aug. 9.0 TT = JDT 2459800.5
T 2023 Jan. 7.14009 TT Rudenko
q 1.7567411 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.06217834 Peri. 48.65407 +0.93965231 -0.33248884
a 6.3102026 Node 330.49919 +0.24401808 +0.81653376
e 0.7216031 Incl. 9.42644 +0.23980974 +0.47193621
P 15.9
From 20 observations 2022 June 9-Aug. 18, mean residual 0".2.