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Name
P10BzCl → C/2017 K5
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic) [Dynamically New]
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)
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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2020-Jul-09 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
82.24042
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
102.37325
Arg of perihelion (deg)
171.97343
Eccentricity
1.0065081
Perihelion distance (AU)
7.6799207
Epoch of perihelion
March 26, 2020, 5:50 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58934.24365
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
8.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-L04
0.000023 au
+/- 0.0000031
+/- 0.0000031
K1
autocmod 2.9c
16
8.75
M1
from 102 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
16
6.6
+/- 0.9
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
58
Number of observations
118
Arc length (days)
1139.00
Time since last observation (days)
598.12
Spectroscopy Details
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