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NameA106xIX → C/2018 E1
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Measurements
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Last Update: 2019-Apr-23 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0 Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 72.51278
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 146.86178
Arg of perihelion (deg) 299.40392
Eccentricity 0.9499212
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.7024241
Epoch of perihelion April 17, 2018, 7:09 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 58225.29850
Total Magnitude (M1) 11.4
Slope Parameter (k1) 8.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis E2021-F20
0.01815 au
PC autocmod 2.9c

10
0.03
K2 autocmod 2.9c

10
5.0
M2 from 12 observations, autocmod 2.9c

10
12.8 +/- 0.1
K1 autocmod 2.9c

10
8.75
M1 2 parameter fit from 191 observations, autocmod 2.9c

10
11.4 +/- 0.6
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 10
Number of observations 227
Arc length (days) 1351.00
Time since last observation (days) 1041.11
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None