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Type Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status Actively Following
Characterization Target
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Last Update: 2025-Mar-31 19:10
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
60800.0 May 5, 2025
Orbital inclination in deg 12.02742
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 117.80101
Arg of perihelion (deg) 195.495
Eccentricity 0.5373799
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.4173611
Epoch of perihelion Aug. 2, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 61254.15780
Total Magnitude (M1) 14.3
Slope Parameter (k1) 5.0
Physical Parameters
K1 autocmod 3.0f

K265/17
5.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 1715 observations, autocmod 3.0f

K265/17
14.3 +/- 0.7
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
Follow-up Details
Number of observations 4625
Arc length (days) 8037.00
Time since last observation (days) 5.26
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None