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Name
A1077xy → C/2018 L2
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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: 2020-Jan-20 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
67.3922
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
243.02371
Arg of perihelion (deg)
56.27059
Eccentricity
0.9933778
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7126638
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 2, 2018, 4:15 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58454.67771
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-F20
0.00489 au
+/- 0.0000007
+/- 0.0000007
PC
autocmod 2.9c
20
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
20
5.0
M2
from 270 observations, autocmod 2.9c
20
12.0
+/- 0.6
K1
autocmod 2.9c
20
10.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 407 observations, autocmod 2.9c
20
9.5
+/- 0.7
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
712
Arc length (days)
595.00
Time since last observation (days)
769.11
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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