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NameA10azqg → C/2018 X2
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2020-Jan-04 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0 May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 23.06952
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 340.82882
Arg of perihelion (deg) 162.05924
Eccentricity 0.9859121
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.1261995
Epoch of perihelion July 8, 2019, 12:42 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 58672.52922
Total Magnitude (M1) 10.7
Slope Parameter (k1) 12.5
Physical Parameters
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 221 observations, autocmod 2.8

9
10.7 +/- 0.5
K1 autocmod 2.8

9
12.5
M2 from 117 observations, autocmod 2.8

9
14.3 +/- 0.4
K2 autocmod 2.8

9
5.0
PC autocmod 2.8

9
0.03
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 10
Number of observations 344
Arc length (days) 392.00
Time since last observation (days) 195.90
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None