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Name
YS21DA8 → C/2017 S6
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
Status
Actively 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)
------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2018-Jan-19 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
152.86757
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
131.04564
Arg of perihelion (deg)
134.79172
Eccentricity
1.0007091
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.5421435
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 26, 2018, 3:14 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58175.63519
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
7
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 110 observations, autocmod 2.8
7
15.4
+/- 1.0
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
238
Arc length (days)
111.00
Time since last observation (days)
910.92
Spectroscopy Details
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