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P21XFw3 → C/2024 Q4
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; (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-16 17:23
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
60553.0
Aug. 31, 2024
Orbital inclination in deg
3.35152
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
323.25974
Arg of perihelion (deg)
138.63758
Eccentricity
0.8729763
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.3098213
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 25, 2024, 5:11 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
60669.71618
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=13.4 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
7420.97 m
+20346.0 / -3494.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
24
Arc length (days)
14.61
Time since last observation (days)
1.87
Spectroscopy Details
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