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NameIF032 → C/2018 Y1
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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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
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 1074 observations, autocmod 2.8

15
13.6 +/- 1.0
K1 autocmod 2.8

15
4.75
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
Known Taxonomies None