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Name
ZAA01CF → C/2018 A6
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2021-08-09T00:00:00
2021-08-10T00:00:00
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Req: 2608409
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Last Update: 2023-Jan-13 03:05
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
77.05681
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
340.38112
Arg of perihelion (deg)
264.42361
Eccentricity
0.8006256
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.0177953
Epoch of perihelion
July 12, 2019, 7:02 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58676.79333
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
9.25
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 3.0b
49
9.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 706 observations, autocmod 3.0b
49
8.6
+/- 0.8
PC
autocmod 3.0a
48
0.03
K2
autocmod 3.0a
48
5.0
M2
from 100 observations, autocmod 3.0a
48
11.3
+/- 0.9
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
869
Arc length (days)
1736.00
Time since last observation (days)
55.11
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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