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Type
Comet (Jupiter Family) [NEO]
Status
Actively 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)
------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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2017-03-23T05:30:00
2017-03-23T15:20:00
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Last Update: 2017-Mar-08 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59680.0
April 11, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
4.32261
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
87.70313
Arg of perihelion (deg)
327.90889
Eccentricity
0.8174857
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.5571806
Epoch of perihelion
April 25, 2022, 1:07 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59694.54709
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
24.0
Physical Parameters
Diameter
Lamy,P.L.;Toth,I.;Fernandez,Y.R.;Weaver,H.A. (2004) Comets II, pp. 223-264
1.6 km
K1
autocmod 2.6k
K161/11
24.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 147 observations, autocmod 2.6k
K161/11
14.9
+/- 1.0
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1163
Arc length (days)
122.00
Time since last observation (days)
1227.93
Spectroscopy Details
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