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Name
P10yz57 → C/2017 A1
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2017-01-03T19:00:00
2017-01-04T02:10:00
CPT
Req: 0000307049
Measurements
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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
PC
autocmod 2.8
11
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.8
11
5.0
M2
from 84 observations, autocmod 2.8
11
15.5
+/- 0.5
K1
autocmod 2.8
11
21.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 92 observations, autocmod 2.8
11
7.9
+/- 0.4
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
181
Arc length (days)
421.00
Time since last observation (days)
968.93
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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