C/2020 W5 Lemmon
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Comet C/2020 W5 was discovered on 20 November 2020, about 10 days before its perihelion passage and was observed to 8 January 2021.

Comet had its closest approach to the Earth on 1 December 2020 (2.51 au); a bit after its perihelion passage.

The preferred GR solution given here is based on data span over 0.192 yr in a very narrow range of heliocentric distances: 3.38 au – 3.36 au (perihelion) – 3.38 au. Due to short data arc uncertainties of orbital elements are relatively large (orbit of 2b quality class).

This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to escape the comet from the solar system on hyperbolic barycentric orbit.
solution description
number of observations 55
data interval 2020 11 20 – 2021 01 08
data arc selection some part of the available data set (ST2)
range of heliocentric distances 3.37 au – 3.36 au (perihelion) – 3.38 au
detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion NG effects not determinable
type of model of motion GR - gravitational orbit
data weighting YES
number of residuals 106
RMS [arcseconds] 0.39
orbit quality class 2b
orbital elements (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Epoch 2020 12 17
perihelion date 2020 11 30.12656045 ± 0.02497155
perihelion distance [au] 3.36420865 ± 0.00013174
eccentricity 1.00100197 ± 0.00030683
argument of perihelion [°] 24.485455 ± 0.005402
ascending node [°] 75.512762 ± 0.001763
inclination [°] 88.586673 ± 0.003608
reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] -297.83 ± 91.19
Upper panel: Time distribution of positional observations with corresponding heliocentric (red curve) and geocentric (green curve) distance at which they were taken. The horizontal dotted line shows the perihelion distance for a given comet whereas vertical dotted line — the moment of perihelion passage.
Middle panel(s): O-C diagram for a given solution (sometimes in comparison to another solution available in CODE), where residuals in right ascension are shown using magenta dots and in declination by blue open circles.
Lowest panel: Relative weights for a given data set(s).