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Name
P10DfyE → C/2017 S2
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2017-09-17T17:30:00
2017-09-18T03:20:00
CPT
Req: 488046
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Last Update: 2018-Feb-13 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
12.68007
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
62.41422
Arg of perihelion (deg)
305.93856
Eccentricity
0.8238994
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.6117049
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 29, 2017, 11:44 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57994.48944
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
19.75
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
7
19.75
M1
from 60 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
7
7.7
+/- 0.4
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPC 108595
0.04892872 au
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
66
Arc length (days)
175.00
Time since last observation (days)
1475.12
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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