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C/2023 F2 (SOHO)

C/2023 F2 (SOHO), also known as SOHO-4658, is a sungrazing comet that was discovered by Chinese astronomer, Hanjie Tan, from images taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory on 20 March 2023.

Observational history It is a member of the Meyer family, the second largest sungrazer group of comets after the Kreutz sungrazers, and is one of the brightest of 270 known of the group so far, having reached a peak magnitude of 6.5 during perihelion. This provided a possible opportunity to view it from ground observations, however attempts to locate the comet from the La Silla Observatory in April 2023 were unsuccessful.

References

External links C/2023 F2 at the JPL Small-Body Database

Tags

  • Astronomical objects discovered in 2023
  • Comet stubs
  • Comets in 2023
  • Discoveries by SOHO
  • Hyperbolic comets
  • Non-periodic comets
  • Sungrazing comets