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NameP10FSoC → C/2018 A1
Type Comet (Halley-Type)
Status Not Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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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
Known Taxonomies None