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C/2022 R2 (ATLAS)

C/2022 R2 (ATLAS)

Comet ATLAS, formal designation C/2022 R2, is a non-periodic comet with a very small minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth, only about 0.045 AU (6.7 million km). This has led to an assessment that it may generate a potential meteor shower with a radiant in the general direction from the constellation Lepus by 22–24 November. On 3 October 2022, observations from the Zwicky Transient Facility showed that the comet had experienced a strong outburst, temporarily increasing its apparent magnitude to 14.24, then rapidly faded away afterwards, indicating that the comet had disintegrated.

References

External links C/2022 R2 at the JPL Small-Body Database C/2022 R2 at Gideon van Buitenen's website C/2022 R2 at Seiichi Yoshida's website

Tags

  • Astronomical objects discovered in 2022
  • Comet stubs
  • Comets in 2022
  • Destroyed comets
  • Discoveries by ATLAS
  • Near-Earth comets
  • Non-periodic comets