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Comet (Long Period)
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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
2017-04-10T08:50:00
2017-04-10T19:10:00
COJ
Req: 0000393345
2017-04-12T14:45:00
2017-04-12T14:57:48
OGG
Req: 0000394044
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Last Update: 2018-Dec-12 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
6.33903
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
235.16161
Arg of perihelion (deg)
68.2999
Eccentricity
0.9978739
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0429367
Epoch of perihelion
May 10, 2017, 10:53 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57883.45387
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-F20
0.001397 au
+/- 0.0000002
+/- 0.0000002
K1
autocmod 2.9c
64
5.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 616 observations, autocmod 2.9c
64
10.7
+/- 1.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
2877
Arc length (days)
1421.00
Time since last observation (days)
1173.12
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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