C/2020 F5 (MASTER)
C/2020 F5 (MASTER) is a long period comet discovered on 28 March 2020,[1] by the MASTER auto-detection system near San Juan, Argentina. When first discovered there were dubious claims that it might be an interstellar object,[2] but now it is known to have a common weakly hyperbolic eccentricity of just 1.0007.[3] Before planetary perturbations the comet had an orbital period of about 36000 years.
 C/2020 F5 (MASTER) orbit on April 20, 2020 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | MASTER |
| Discovery date | March 28, 2020 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 2020-Apr-06 2458945.5 |
| Observation arc | 39 days |
| Perihelion | 4.32 AU |
| Eccentricity | 1.0007 |
| Orbital period | ~36000 yrs (inbound) ~1800 yrs (outbound) |
| Inclination | 51.69° |
| Last perihelion | 2021-Mar-23 |
| Earth MOID | 3.5 AU |
Notes
- "C/2020 F5 ( MASTER )". www.aerith.net. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- Oberhaus, Daniel. "So You've Found a Comet With a Weird Orbit …". Wired – via www.wired.com.
- Small-Body Database Lookup
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