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Name
P10jg70 → C/2015 D2
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status
Not Following
Source
Minor Planet Center
UTC date
------------ Any 1.0m ------------
LSC 1.0m - W85-87; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 1.0m - V37,V39; (McDonald, Texas)
COJ 1.0m - Q63-64; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 1.0m - K91-93; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 1.0m - Z31,Z24; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 0.4m ------------
LSC 0.4m - W89,W79; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 0.4m - V38; (McDonald, Texas)
OGG 0.4m - T03-04; (Maui, Hawaii)
COJ 0.4m - Q58-59; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 0.4m - L09; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 0.4m - Z17,Z21; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 2.0m ------------
FTS 2.0m - E10; (Siding Spring, Aust.) [MuSCAT4]
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2016-Feb-05 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57400.0
Jan. 13, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg
31.92864
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
162.81274
Arg of perihelion (deg)
292.4393
Eccentricity
0.5650798
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.6267569
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 30, 2013, 5:39 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56565.73594
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
12.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2016-D32
0.07795173 au
PC
autocmod 2.9c
8
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
8
5.0
M2
from 8 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
12.5
+/- 0.3
K1
autocmod 2.9c
8
12.0
M1
from 57 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
8
7.1
+/- 0.5
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
67
Arc length (days)
382.00
Time since last observation (days)
2214.16
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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