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Name
ZM2A6E9 → C/2018 M1
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: 2019-Jan-17 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
37.25881
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
339.45496
Arg of perihelion (deg)
14.13481
Eccentricity
0.9387291
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.3033359
Epoch of perihelion
July 10, 2018, 12:42 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58309.02943
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.25
Physical Parameters
PC
autocmod 2.9c
8
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
8
5.0
M2
from 28 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
18.1
+/- 0.4
K1
autocmod 2.9c
8
5.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 94 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
16.6
+/- 0.5
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
100
Number of observations
159
Arc length (days)
206.00
Time since last observation (days)
1137.11
Spectroscopy Details
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