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Name
P10EAI6 → C/2017 U5
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
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-Feb-15 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
18.97233
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
163.08484
Arg of perihelion (deg)
262.03911
Eccentricity
0.743927
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.3212931
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 18, 2017, 10:52 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58105.45289
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
8
10.0
M1
from 75 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
8
11.8
+/- 0.6
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.05866808 au
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
92
Arc length (days)
114.00
Time since last observation (days)
1473.12
Spectroscopy Details
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