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Name
P10l0Zk → C/2015 J2
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
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: 2016-Jul-08 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57600.0
July 31, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg
17.27914
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
56.74705
Arg of perihelion (deg)
203.70377
Eccentricity
0.98314
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.3204531
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 8, 2015, 11:29 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57273.97898
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
14.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2016-Q04
0.00468555 au
+/- 0.0000021
+/- 0.0000021
PC
autocmod 2.9c
13
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
13
5.0
M2
from 20 observations, autocmod 2.9c
13
13.4
+/- 0.7
K1
autocmod 2.9c
13
14.5
M1
from 72 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
13
7.2
+/- 0.6
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
96
Arc length (days)
475.00
Time since last observation (days)
2060.15
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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