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Name
X49504 → C/2017 E2
Type
Comet (Halley-Type)
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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: 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
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None
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