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Name
A1072Wf → C/2018 K1
Type
Comet (Halley-Type)
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-Jul-15 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
164.19578
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
260.00881
Arg of perihelion (deg)
324.9651
Eccentricity
0.9370622
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.8782535
Epoch of perihelion
April 6, 2018, 7:40 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58214.81991
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
14.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.0339061 au
PC
autocmod 2.9c
5
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
5
5.0
M2
from 29 observations, autocmod 2.9c
5
15.6
+/- 0.4
K1
autocmod 2.9c
5
14.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 116 observations, autocmod 2.9c
5
12.5
+/- 0.7
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
100
Number of observations
153
Arc length (days)
251.00
Time since last observation (days)
1323.11
Spectroscopy Details
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