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Name
P10kZgn → C/2015 J1
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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-Jun-07 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57600.0
July 31, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg
94.98728
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
219.99195
Arg of perihelion (deg)
315.49305
Eccentricity
1.0025265
Perihelion distance (AU)
6.0212079
Epoch of perihelion
June 30, 2014, 12:57 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56838.03963
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2016-M09
0.00012094 au
+/- 0.0000033
+/- 0.0000033
PC
autocmod 2.9c
12
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
12
5.0
M2
from 3 observations, autocmod 2.9c
12
12.3
+/- 0.4
K1
autocmod 2.9c
12
11.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 45 observations, autocmod 2.9c
12
7.5
+/- 0.4
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
54
Arc length (days)
390.00
Time since last observation (days)
2091.15
Spectroscopy Details
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