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Name
TJL006 → C/2017 E4
Type
Comet (Long Period) [Dynamically New]
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2017-03-10T09:30:00
2017-03-10T18:50:00
COJ
Req: 0000360513
2017-03-10T18:00:00
2017-03-11T03:20:00
CPT
Req: 0000360519
Measurements
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Last Update: 2017-Apr-24 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58000.0
Sept. 4, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg
88.17756
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
223.20311
Arg of perihelion (deg)
87.14173
Eccentricity
1.0014796
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.4939250
Epoch of perihelion
April 23, 2017, 6:33 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57866.27324
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
29.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2017-L52
-0.00248191 au
+/- 0.0001223
+/- 0.0001223
K1
autocmod 2.9c
12
29.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 161 observations, autocmod 2.9c
12
15.6
+/- 1.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
627
Arc length (days)
46.00
Time since last observation (days)
1770.13
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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