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Name
YS21DA8 → C/2017 S6
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: 2018-Jan-19 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
152.86735
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
131.04055
Arg of perihelion (deg)
134.81286
Eccentricity
1.0006961
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.5438657
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 26, 2018, 10:47 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58175.44971
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2020-SI8
0.000085 au
+/- 0.000016
+/- 0.000016
K1
autocmod 2.9c
9
4.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 111 observations, autocmod 2.9c
9
15.3
+/- 1.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
252
Arc length (days)
337.00
Time since last observation (days)
1500.12
Spectroscopy Details
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