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Name
P10FGdo → C/2017 Y2
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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-Dec-26 06:07
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59094.0
Sept. 2, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
125.60156
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
60.60025
Arg of perihelion (deg)
149.69295
Eccentricity
1.0
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.0456563
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 2, 2020, 5:44 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59094.73909
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
9.75
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
20
9.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 279 observations, autocmod 2.8
20
7.7
+/- 0.5
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
100
Number of observations
8
Arc length (days)
2.00
Time since last observation (days)
934.91
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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