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Name
P20KfML → 2018 VX8
Type
NEO (Apollo)
Status
Not Following
Source
Goldstone
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2018-11-14T18:20:00
2018-11-15T02:10:00
CPT
Req: 1671157
2018-11-15T00:30:00
2018-11-15T08:20:00
LSC
Req: 1671158
2018-11-15T18:30:00
2018-11-16T02:10:00
CPT
Req: 1671439
2018-11-15T18:30:00
2018-11-16T02:10:00
CPT
Req: 1671542
2018-11-16T00:00:00
2018-11-17T00:00:00
SIN
Req: 1671652
2018-11-17T00:00:00
2018-11-18T00:00:00
SIN
Req: 1671679
2019-05-15T08:20:00
2019-05-15T19:30:00
COJ
Req: 1796882
2019-05-15T23:00:00
2019-05-16T10:10:00
LSC
Req: 1797014
2019-05-16T23:00:00
2019-05-17T10:10:00
LSC
Req: 1798235
Measurements
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Last Update: 2021-Jun-10 06:48
Orbital Elements
MPC Minor Planet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59104.0
Sept. 12, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
27.80204
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
51.94008
Arg of perihelion (deg)
116.919
Eccentricity
0.2313638
Mean distance (AU)
1.1861128
Mean Anomaly (deg)
54.13846
Absolute Magnitude (H)
22.5
Slope Parameter (G)
0.15
Albedo (average)
0.17
Albedo (range)
0.01 - 0.60
Diameter in meters (average)
112
Diameter in meters
(range)
54 - 420
Physical Parameters
Absolute Magnitude
autocmod 2.6q
MPO477909
22.5
+/- 0.31705
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=22.5 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
112.32 m
+308.0 / -53.0
Phase Slope
MPC Default
0.15
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
5
Number of observations
88
Arc length (days)
187.00
Time since last observation (days)
484.82
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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