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NameA106xIX → C/2018 E1
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2019-Apr-01 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0 April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg 72.48824
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 146.83983
Arg of perihelion (deg) 299.47072
Eccentricity 0.9501457
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.7054328
Epoch of perihelion April 17, 2018, 7:19 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 58225.30503
Total Magnitude (M1) 11.5
Slope Parameter (k1) 8.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis MPEC 2019-J142
0.01814969 au
PC autocmod 2.8

8
0.03
K2 autocmod 2.8

8
5.0
M2 from 12 observations, autocmod 2.8

8
12.8 +/- 0.1
K1 autocmod 2.8

8
8.5
M1 2 parameter fit from 188 observations, autocmod 2.8

8
11.5 +/- 0.5
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 10
Number of observations 313
Arc length (days) 1329.00
Time since last observation (days) 473.91
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None