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P10maWt → C/2015 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: 2016-Oct-29 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
65.89519
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
143.0433
Arg of perihelion (deg)
123.81872
Eccentricity
0.9742597
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.5541175
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 26, 2015, 10:10 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57260.42414
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.00806267 au
+/- 0.0000027
+/- 0.0000027
K1
autocmod 2.9c
14
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 125 observations, autocmod 2.9c
14
14.7
+/- 0.5
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
141
Arc length (days)
488.00
Time since last observation (days)
1947.15
Spectroscopy Details
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