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Name
S077906 → C/2017 K6
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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Last Update: 2019-Feb-14 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
57.2479
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
85.03289
Arg of perihelion (deg)
303.75527
Eccentricity
0.9981351
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9979394
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 3, 2018, 9:11 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58121.38276
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
6.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2020-SI8
0.00095 au
+/- 0.0000015
+/- 0.0000015
PC
autocmod 2.9c
17
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
17
5.0
M2
from 188 observations, autocmod 2.9c
17
13.7
+/- 0.5
K1
autocmod 2.9c
17
6.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 245 observations, autocmod 2.9c
17
12.1
+/- 0.7
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
478
Arc length (days)
626.00
Time since last observation (days)
1109.12
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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