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Name
P21XymA → C/2024 Q3
Type
Comet
Status
Not 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)
TFN 1.0m - Z31,Z24; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 0.4m ------------
LSC 0.4m - W89,W79; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 0.4m - V38,V45,V47; (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.) [MuSCAT4]
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2024-Sep-07 22:28
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
60560.0
Sept. 7, 2024
Orbital inclination in deg
121.35546
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
337.28229
Arg of perihelion (deg)
70.19193
Eccentricity
0.9998175
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.0903409
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 28, 2025, 2:56 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
60734.12268
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=16.9 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
1480.68 m
+4060.0 / -697.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
56
Arc length (days)
40.37
Time since last observation (days)
0.33
Spectroscopy Details
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