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Name
P10BB32 → C/2017 M3
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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: 2018-May-22 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
77.55543
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
7.01616
Arg of perihelion (deg)
110.33923
Eccentricity
0.9721184
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.6571638
Epoch of perihelion
April 28, 2017, 2:58 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57871.12407
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
15.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2020-SI8
0.005859 au
+/- 0.0000014
+/- 0.0000014
K1
autocmod 2.9c
11
15.5
M1
from 42 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
11
7.3
+/- 0.5
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
60
Number of observations
65
Arc length (days)
356.00
Time since last observation (days)
1377.12
Spectroscopy Details
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