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NameX49504 → C/2017 E2
Type Comet (Halley-Type)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2017-May-29 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0 Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 79.07641
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 11.61301
Arg of perihelion (deg) 89.36233
Eccentricity 0.8908419
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.3502008
Epoch of perihelion May 11, 2016, 1:52 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 57519.57824
Total Magnitude (M1) 14.5
Slope Parameter (k1) 4.5
Physical Parameters
K1 autocmod 2.9c

13
4.5
M1 2 parameter fit from 106 observations, autocmod 2.9c

13
14.5 +/- 0.4
M2 from 33 observations, autocmod 2.6m

10
14.3 +/- 0.2
K2 autocmod 2.6m

10
5.0
PC autocmod 2.6m

10
0.03
Reciprocal of semimajor axis MPEC 2018-D91
0.04707054 au
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 56
Number of observations 149
Arc length (days) 89.00
Time since last observation (days) 1735.13
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None