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NameP10yz57 → C/2017 A1
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2017-Nov-22 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0 May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 49.79201
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 121.04472
Arg of perihelion (deg) 2.05589
Eccentricity 0.9702436
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.2921492
Epoch of perihelion May 16, 2017, 10:08 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 57889.42245
Total Magnitude (M1) 7.9
Slope Parameter (k1) 21.75
Physical Parameters
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 92 observations, autocmod 2.8

11
7.9 +/- 0.4
K1 autocmod 2.8

11
21.75
M2 from 84 observations, autocmod 2.8

11
15.5 +/- 0.5
K2 autocmod 2.8

11
5.0
PC autocmod 2.8

11
0.03
Follow-up Details
Number of observations 181
Arc length (days) 421.00
Time since last observation (days) 968.93
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None