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Name
WV2B5A8 → C/2015 V2
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic) [Dynamically New]
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-Feb-03 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
49.87715
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
69.8436
Arg of perihelion (deg)
164.94249
Eccentricity
1.0017581
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.6387220
Epoch of perihelion
June 12, 2017, 7:26 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57916.31004
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.0000244 au
K1
autocmod 2.9c
55
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 835 observations, autocmod 2.9c
55
10.0
+/- 1.0
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
50
Number of observations
5782
Arc length (days)
1484.00
Time since last observation (days)
1120.14
Spectroscopy Details
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