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Name
P10pTfd → C/2015 X5
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2015-12-07T00:50:00
2015-12-07T08:10:00
LSC
Req: 0000117941
Measurements
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Last Update: 2020-Feb-14 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
124.30813
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
122.3457
Arg of perihelion (deg)
27.69144
Eccentricity
1.0026161
Perihelion distance (AU)
6.7989537
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 29, 2017, 11:25 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58116.97575
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.5
Physical Parameters
PC
autocmod 2.9c
34
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
34
5.0
M2
from 12 observations, autocmod 2.9c
34
11.4
+/- 0.5
K1
autocmod 2.9c
34
10.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 202 observations, autocmod 2.9c
34
6.6
+/- 0.6
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
83
Number of observations
222
Arc length (days)
1531.00
Time since last observation (days)
744.14
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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