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Name
P10EAI6 → C/2017 U5
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
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-Feb-15 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
18.95974
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
163.09665
Arg of perihelion (deg)
262.11753
Eccentricity
0.7440097
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.3258757
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 18, 2017, 5:53 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58105.74535
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.05866808 au
K1
autocmod 2.8
6
10.0
M1
from 71 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.8
6
11.8
+/- 0.6
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
90
Arc length (days)
108.00
Time since last observation (days)
883.91
Spectroscopy Details
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