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Name
A10azqg → C/2018 X2
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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: 2020-Jan-04 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
23.06936
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
340.82712
Arg of perihelion (deg)
162.05993
Eccentricity
0.9856619
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.1265157
Epoch of perihelion
July 8, 2019, 10:56 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58672.45598
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
12.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-F20
0.006149 au
+/- 0.0000074
+/- 0.0000074
PC
autocmod 2.9c
11
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
11
5.0
M2
from 117 observations, autocmod 2.9c
11
14.3
+/- 0.4
K1
autocmod 2.9c
11
12.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 247 observations, autocmod 2.9c
11
10.6
+/- 0.5
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
397
Arc length (days)
392.00
Time since last observation (days)
785.11
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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