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IF032 → C/2018 Y1
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Actively 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)
------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2019-Dec-02 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
160.40195
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
147.50211
Arg of perihelion (deg)
358.04866
Eccentricity
0.9910588
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.2862284
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 7, 2019, 12:58 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58521.04051
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.75
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
15
4.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 1074 observations, autocmod 2.8
15
13.6
+/- 1.0
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
98
Number of observations
2586
Arc length (days)
349.00
Time since last observation (days)
228.90
Spectroscopy Details
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