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NameZAA01CF → C/2018 A6
Type Comet (Halley-Type)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2020-Jul-13 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0 May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 76.95807
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 340.38327
Arg of perihelion (deg) 264.54865
Eccentricity 0.8033564
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.0181357
Epoch of perihelion July 14, 2019, 7:51 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 58678.32747
Total Magnitude (M1) 5.7
Slope Parameter (k1) 14.0
Physical Parameters
PC autocmod 2.8

27
0.03
K2 autocmod 2.8

27
5.0
M2 from 86 observations, autocmod 2.8

27
11.3 +/- 1.0
K1 autocmod 2.8

27
14.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 333 observations, autocmod 2.8

27
5.7 +/- 0.7
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 10
Number of observations 463
Arc length (days) 1197.00
Time since last observation (days) 4.91
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None