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Name
S043798 → C/2015 Q2
Type
Comet
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2015-08-31T23:30:00
2015-09-01T09:50:00
LSC
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Ingest Time: 2015-Aug-31 22:20
Orbital Elements
MPC Minor Planet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57260.0
Aug. 26, 2015
Orbital inclination in deg
146.20148
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
228.21189
Arg of perihelion (deg)
244.34998
Eccentricity
0.7498706
Mean distance (AU)
7.2708662
Mean Anomaly (deg)
359.23152
Absolute Magnitude (H)
15.7
Slope Parameter (G)
0.15
Albedo (average)
0.17
Albedo (range)
0.01 - 0.60
Diameter in meters (average)
2573
Diameter in meters
(range)
1243 - 9628
Physical Parameters
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Known Taxonomies
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