Schedule Observations Schedule Spectroscopic Observations
Type Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status Actively Following
Characterization Target
Source LOOK Project
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Last Update: 2025-Oct-28 19:05
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
61000.0 Nov. 21, 2025
Orbital inclination in deg 12.20178
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 110.06367
Arg of perihelion (deg) 216.7884
Eccentricity 0.4265125
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.0067912
Epoch of perihelion March 2, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 60736.66424
Total Magnitude (M1) 9.3
Slope Parameter (k1) 15.75
Physical Parameters
PC autocmod 3.0f

K253/22
0.03
K2 autocmod 3.0f

K253/22
5.0
M2 from 795 observations, autocmod 3.0f

K253/22
13.4 +/- 0.6
K1 autocmod 3.0f

K253/22
15.75
M1 2 parameter fit from 859 observations, autocmod 3.0f

K253/22
9.3 +/- 0.8
Rotation Period Jewitt & Sheppard (2004) AJ, 127, 1784-1790.
29.0 h +/- 0.04
Diameter Lamy,P.L.;Toth,I.;Fernandez,Y.R.;Weaver,H.A.; (2004) Comets II, pp. 223-264
5.74 km
Follow-up Details
Number of observations 1271
Arc length (days) 2786.00
Time since last observation (days) 1.25
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None