45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

Schedule Observations Schedule Spectroscopic Observations
Type Comet (Jupiter Family) [NEO]
Status Actively Following
Characterization Target
Source LOOK Project
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Measurements
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Last Update: 2026-Mar-30 08:01
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
61000.0 Nov. 21, 2025
Orbital inclination in deg 4.32488
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 87.66278
Arg of perihelion (deg) 327.97572
Eccentricity 0.8175339
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.5577789
Epoch of perihelion Aug. 31, 2027, 4:14 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 61648.67695
Total Magnitude (M1) 13.7
Slope Parameter (k1) 22.0
Physical Parameters
PC autocmod 3.0b

K222/7
0.03
K2 autocmod 3.0b

K222/7
5.0
M2 from 1173 observations, autocmod 3.0b

K222/7
18.0 +/- 1.0
K1 autocmod 3.0b

K222/7
22.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 199 observations, autocmod 3.0b

K222/7
13.7 +/- 2.0
Diameter Lamy,P.L.;Toth,I.;Fernandez,Y.R.;Weaver,H.A. (2004) Comets II, pp. 223-264
1.6 km
Follow-up Details
Number of observations 1874
Arc length (days) 2067.00
Time since last observation (days) 1268.12
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None