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Name
M504DRx → C/2015 K1
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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: 2016-Jan-30 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57600.0
July 31, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg
29.38448
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
5.17767
Arg of perihelion (deg)
280.17563
Eccentricity
0.98589
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.5564472
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 13, 2014, 2:39 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56943.61060
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2016-Q04
0.00594661 au
+/- 0.0000031
+/- 0.0000031
K1
autocmod 2.9c
20
5.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 288 observations, autocmod 2.9c
20
11.1
+/- 1.0
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
548
Arc length (days)
258.00
Time since last observation (days)
2220.15
Spectroscopy Details
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