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NameN00ad3u → C/2016 T2
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2017-Nov-25 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58000.0 Sept. 4, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg 81.30631
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 339.10093
Arg of perihelion (deg) 92.28977
Eccentricity 0.9812363
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.9079592
Epoch of perihelion Dec. 29, 2016, 2:38 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 57751.11036
Total Magnitude (M1) 13.8
Slope Parameter (k1) 11.0
Physical Parameters
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 83 observations, autocmod 2.6k

15
13.8 +/- 0.6
K1 autocmod 2.6k

15
11.0
M2 from 58 observations, autocmod 2.6k

15
16.3 +/- 0.5
K2 autocmod 2.6k

15
5.0
PC autocmod 2.6k

15
0.03
Reciprocal of semimajor axis MPEC 2017-X08
0.00981301 au +/- 3.6e-06
+/- 3.6e-06
Follow-up Details
Number of observations 157
Arc length (days) 411.00
Time since last observation (days) 965.93
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None