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Name
P10l2dE → C/2015 K2
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Not Following
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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Last Update: 2015-Jun-19 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57200.0
June 27, 2015
Orbital inclination in deg
29.10851
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
223.71457
Arg of perihelion (deg)
15.77207
Eccentricity
0.9943059
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.4552421
Epoch of perihelion
June 8, 2015, 7:10 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57181.79890
Total Magnitude (M1)
20.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPC 95733
0.00468578 au
+/- 0.000056
+/- 0.000056
K1
autocmod 2.9c
7
10.0
M1
from 49 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
7
20.7
+/- 0.6
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
53
Arc length (days)
32.00
Time since last observation (days)
2445.15
Spectroscopy Details
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