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Name
asassn2 → C/2018 N2
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
Status
Actively 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)
------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2020-Jul-12 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
77.52892
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
25.25557
Arg of perihelion (deg)
24.39698
Eccentricity
1.0001069
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1246403
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 10, 2019, 11:02 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58797.96016
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
28
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 2110 observations, autocmod 2.8
28
9.6
+/- 0.8
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
3258
Arc length (days)
732.00
Time since last observation (days)
5.91
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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