Sheppard-Tholen (C/2015 T5)

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Namev302012 → C/2015 T5
Type Comet
Status Not Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2015-Nov-08 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57633.0 Sept. 2, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg 10.98739
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 310.74199
Arg of perihelion (deg) 72.59576
Eccentricity 0.7097043
Perihelion distance (AU) 9.1817264
Epoch of perihelion Sept. 2, 2016, 3:39 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 57633.15242
Total Magnitude (M1) 7.7
Slope Parameter (k1) 10.0
Physical Parameters
K1 autocmod 2.9c

6
10.0
M1 from 20 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c

6
7.7 +/- 0.5
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 14
Arc length (days) 26.00
Time since last observation (days) 2303.15
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None