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Name
P10G1vh → C/2018 A4
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-Mar-28 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
3.14815
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
97.63507
Arg of perihelion (deg)
356.12151
Eccentricity
0.8038804
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.4025444
Epoch of perihelion
May 18, 2018, 5:56 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58256.74787
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
21.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.08110965 au
PC
autocmod 2.9c
10
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
10
5.0
M2
from 3 observations, autocmod 2.9c
10
15.4
+/- 0.5
K1
autocmod 2.9c
10
21.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 50 observations, autocmod 2.9c
10
8.8
+/- 0.5
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
67
Arc length (days)
156.00
Time since last observation (days)
1432.11
Spectroscopy Details
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