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Name
OG14001 → C/2017 M5
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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-Dec-02 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
15.87781
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
216.28173
Arg of perihelion (deg)
92.75774
Eccentricity
1.005367
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.9938842
Epoch of perihelion
June 4, 2018, 3:44 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58273.15559
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-F20
0.000654 au
+/- 0.0000011
+/- 0.0000011
PC
autocmod 2.9c
22
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
22
5.0
M2
from 131 observations, autocmod 2.9c
22
11.1
+/- 0.8
K1
autocmod 2.9c
22
10.75
M1
from 299 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
22
6.6
+/- 0.6
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
313
Arc length (days)
1366.00
Time since last observation (days)
818.12
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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