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Comet (Jupiter Family) [NEO]
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------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2021-11-19T02:08:00
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Measurements
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Last Update: 2022-May-21 20:02
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
3.87162
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
36.33327
Arg of perihelion (deg)
22.13753
Eccentricity
0.6496948
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.2106353
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 2, 2021, 1:35 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59520.06610
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
7.75
Physical Parameters
Pole Orientation
Sierks et al., Science 347, aaa1044 (2015)
69.3/64.1
+/- 0.1
K1
autocmod 3.0a
K212/29
7.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 3747 observations, autocmod 3.0a
K212/29
12.8
+/- 0.9
Rotation Period
Pre-perihelion in 2015 value, post-perihelion period is 12.4043 +- 0.0007 h
Mottola et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics 569, L2 (2014)
12.76129 h
+/- 0.00005
Density
Patzold et al., Nature 530, 63 (2016)
0.533 g/cm^3
+/- 0.006
Mass
Patzold et al., Nature 530, 63 (2016)
0.0000006622 km^3/s^2
+/- 0.0000000002
Diameter
Sierks et al., Science 347, aaa1044 (2015)
3.4 km
+/- 0.1
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
9881
Arc length (days)
9730.00
Time since last observation (days)
6.15
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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