C/2020 V2 (ZTF)

For other comets of the same name, see Comet ZTF (disambiguation).

C/2020 V2 (ZTF)
Photograph of C/2020 V2 (ZTF) and NGC 300 taken from Queensland, Australia on 14 October 2023
Discovery
Discovery siteZwicky Transient Facility
Discovery date2 November 2020
Orbital characteristics
Epoch13 September 2022 (JD 2459835.5)
Observation arc5.37 years
Earliest precovery date18 April 2020
Number of
observations		5,740
Aphelion~72,700 AU (inbound)
Perihelion2.228 AU
Semi-major axis~36,400 AU (inbound)
Eccentricity0.99994 (inbound)
1.00042 (outbound)
Orbital period~6.9 million years (inbound)
Inclination131.61°
212.37°
Argument of
periapsis		162.42°
Mean anomaly–0.002°
Last perihelion8 May 2023
Earth MOID1.260 AU
Jupiter MOID2.601 AU
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1.1 ± 0.1 km (0.684 ± 0.062 mi)
  • (B–V) = 0.77±0.04
  • (V–R) = 0.43±0.04
  • (R–I) = 0.42±0.06
  • (B–R) = 1.19±0.04
Comet total
magnitude (M1)		8.7

C/2020 V2 (ZTF) is a non-periodic comet that was first observed in November 2020. It is the first of seven comets discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility as of 2025.

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