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YE832BC → C/2017 E5
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Actively 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)
------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Measurement: 2017-Mar-31 04:47
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58000.0
Sept. 4, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg
122.64418
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
206.19932
Arg of perihelion (deg)
306.74995
Eccentricity
0.995352
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7828630
Epoch of perihelion
June 10, 2016, 7:24 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57549.80843
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2017-L52
0.00303543 au
+/- 0.0000578
+/- 0.0000578
K1
autocmod 2.6i
2
11.0
M1
from 75 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.6i
2
12.0
+/- 0.5
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
74
Arc length (days)
50.00
Time since last observation (days)
1204.92
Spectroscopy Details
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