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Type
Comet (Jupiter Family) [NEO]
Status
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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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2017-02-08T00:40:00
2017-02-08T09:00:00
LSC
Req: 0000337029
2017-02-08T18:40:00
2017-02-09T02:50:00
CPT
Req: 0000337425
2017-02-13T20:00:00
2017-02-14T06:40:00
TFN
Req: 0000341331
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Last Update: 2017-Apr-20 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59840.0
Sept. 18, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
9.22037
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
140.98881
Arg of perihelion (deg)
62.21398
Eccentricity
0.6598909
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0501344
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 12, 2022, 9:20 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59834.88922
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
17.0
Physical Parameters
M1
from 493 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.6l
K171/18
15.3
+/- 1.0
K1
autocmod 2.6l
K171/18
17.0
Diameter
Lamy,P.L.,Toth,I.,Fernandez,Y.R.,Weaver,H.A. (2004) Comets II, pp. 223-264
1.4 km
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
3151
Arc length (days)
4073.00
Time since last observation (days)
1774.13
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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