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Name
P10iLB3 → C/2015 B2
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: 2017-Sep-12 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58000.0
Sept. 4, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg
105.07917
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
341.90521
Arg of perihelion (deg)
284.76637
Eccentricity
1.000844
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.3693027
Epoch of perihelion
May 6, 2016, 2:17 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57514.59523
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
7.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2018-B155
0.00022938 au
+/- 0.0000004
+/- 0.0000004
K1
autocmod 2.9c
29
7.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 85 observations, autocmod 2.9c
29
11.6
+/- 0.9
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
232
Arc length (days)
980.00
Time since last observation (days)
1629.15
Spectroscopy Details
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