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Name
YU9659B → C/2017 U2
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-Sep-15 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
95.39535
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
149.70539
Arg of perihelion (deg)
147.7939
Eccentricity
0.9986944
Perihelion distance (AU)
6.7062537
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 28, 2017, 7:01 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57993.29252
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
12.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2020-SI8
0.000581 au
+/- 0.0000032
+/- 0.0000032
K1
autocmod 2.9c
11
12.0
M1
from 46 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
11
7.3
+/- 0.5
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
59
Arc length (days)
416.00
Time since last observation (days)
1261.12
Spectroscopy Details
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