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NameX85042 → C/2025 A3
Type Comet
Status Actively Following
Characterization Target
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Last Update: 2025-Feb-21 06:06
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
60800.0 May 5, 2025
Orbital inclination in deg 9.93754
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 322.39748
Arg of perihelion (deg) 219.1056
Eccentricity 0.4225751
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.8468496
Epoch of perihelion Feb. 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 61078.32799
Total Magnitude (M1) 8.8
Slope Parameter (k1) 10.0
Physical Parameters
K1 autocmod 3.0f

1
10.0
M1 from 32 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 3.0f

1
8.8 +/- 0.6
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=12.5 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
11232.1 m +30795.0 / -5289.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 40
Arc length (days) 34.00
Time since last observation (days) 14.72
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None