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Type Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status Actively Following
Characterization Target
Source LOOK Project
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Last Update: 2024-Nov-21 06:06
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
60600.0 Oct. 17, 2024
Orbital inclination in deg 12.0283
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 117.80502
Arg of perihelion (deg) 195.51356
Eccentricity 0.537463
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.4168020
Epoch of perihelion Aug. 2, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 61254.17550
Total Magnitude (M1) 14.3
Slope Parameter (k1) 5.0
Physical Parameters
Albedo sigma is +0.004 and -0.006

Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 89, Issue 1, p. 117-134 (2002)
0.022 +/- 0.006
Rotation Period REFERENCE LIST:[A'Hearn, M.F.; Campins, H.; Schleicher, D.G.; Millis, R.L. (1989) Astrophys. J. 347, 1155-1166.], [Jewitt, D.; Luu, J. (1989) Astron. J. 97, 1766-1790.], [Wisniewski, W.Z. (1990) Icarus 86, 52-57.], [Knight, M.M.; Schleicher, D.;G.; Farnham, T.L.; Schwieterman, E.W.; Christensen, S.R. (2012) Astron. J. 144, A153.]

LCDB (Rev. 2023-February); Warner et al., 2009
8.93 h
Diameter Lamy,P.L.;Toth,I.;Fernandez,Y.R.;Weaver,H.A. (2004) Comets II, pp. 223-264
10.6 km
K1 autocmod 3.0f

K265/11
5.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 1664 observations, autocmod 3.0f

K265/11
14.3 +/- 0.7
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations 4659
Arc length (days) 7702.00
Time since last observation (days) 198.02
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None