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Name
ZFAB135 → C/2018 F3
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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-Apr-06 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57980.0
Aug. 15, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg
105.53484
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
173.03114
Arg of perihelion (deg)
293.0113
Eccentricity
1.0
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.4831716
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 15, 2017, 5:33 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57980.23137
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
4
10.0
M1
from 49 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
4
12.9
+/- 0.4
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
51
Arc length (days)
17.00
Time since last observation (days)
1423.11
Spectroscopy Details
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