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Name
P10FSoC → C/2018 A1
Type
Comet (Halley-Type)
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-Jun-11 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
53.57036
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
336.62185
Arg of perihelion (deg)
96.36847
Eccentricity
0.9039738
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.4191440
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 20, 2017, 8:06 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58046.33816
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.03926838 au
K1
autocmod 2.9c
12
5.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 59 observations, autocmod 2.9c
12
15.1
+/- 0.6
M2
from 44 observations, autocmod 2.8
11
15.4
+/- 0.6
K2
autocmod 2.8
11
5.0
PC
autocmod 2.8
11
0.03
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
117
Arc length (days)
156.00
Time since last observation (days)
1357.12
Spectroscopy Details
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