comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-HILL)

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Observation date	image	Photometry (FOCAS)	Afρ	astrometry	Observatory
20210924	X			X	B96 (BRIXIIS)

Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-HILL)

Discovery: ( IAUC 8979 )

This object has been picked-up in Aries by R. E. Hill through the 0.68-m Schmidt telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey on 2008, Sept.23.3, and afterwards linked by K. Smalley (Minor Planet Center) with an object discovered by the LINEAR sky survey on 2008, Aug. 25.4. Hill's discovery report describe this 18-th comet as having a well condensed coma about 6 to 12 arcsec in diameter, and a narrow tail up to 4' long in PA 250-260 deg.