Palomar discovery and initial characterization of naked-eye long period comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

B. T. Bolin, F. J. Masci, D. A. Duev +11

Long-period comets are planetesimal remnants constraining the environment and volatiles of the protoplanetary disc. We report the discovery of hyperbolic long-period comet C/2022 E…