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Name
YU9659B → C/2017 U2
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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 Measurement: 2017-Oct-28 01:49
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
95.40567
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
149.71668
Arg of perihelion (deg)
147.73777
Eccentricity
0.9991432
Perihelion distance (AU)
6.7008432
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 28, 2017, 4:46 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57993.19924
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.00067293 au
+/- 0.0000199
+/- 0.0000199
K1
autocmod 2.8
8
10.0
M1
from 37 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.8
8
8.8
+/- 0.5
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
50
Arc length (days)
94.00
Time since last observation (days)
993.92
Spectroscopy Details
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