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NameP21XRtn → P/2024 R2
Type Comet
Status Actively Following
Characterization Target
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Last Update: 2025-Jan-18 19:15
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
60600.0 Oct. 17, 2024
Orbital inclination in deg 15.10788
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 193.03413
Arg of perihelion (deg) 203.90034
Eccentricity 0.2664056
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.3022966
Epoch of perihelion Oct. 1, 2024, 4:39 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 60584.69431
Total Magnitude (M1) 15.5
Slope Parameter (k1) 10.0
Physical Parameters
K1 autocmod 3.0f

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10.0
M1 from 33 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 3.0f

1
15.5 +/- 0.4
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=16.4 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
1864.06 m +5111.0 / -878.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 38
Arc length (days) 29.00
Time since last observation (days) 29.25
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None