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Name
ZVA1B24 → C/2018 V4
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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-08 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58600.0
April 27, 2019
Orbital inclination in deg
69.00582
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
78.38199
Arg of perihelion (deg)
359.99908
Eccentricity
0.9851119
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1990930
Epoch of perihelion
March 1, 2019, 3:44 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58543.65602
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2019-J142
0.00472613 au
+/- 0.000041
+/- 0.000041
K1
autocmod 2.9c
4
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 121 observations, autocmod 2.9c
4
15.7
+/- 0.6
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
152
Arc length (days)
77.00
Time since last observation (days)
1146.11
Spectroscopy Details
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