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Name
K15W010 → C/2015 W1
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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Last Update: 2016-Jul-03 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58200.0
March 23, 2018
Orbital inclination in deg
87.30349
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
114.32398
Arg of perihelion (deg)
48.12704
Eccentricity
1.0010343
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2324584
Epoch of perihelion
May 17, 2016, 3:16 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57525.13631
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
9.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2018-D91
0.0001035 au
+/- 0.0000039
+/- 0.0000039
PC
autocmod 2.9c
17
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
17
5.0
M2
from 108 observations, autocmod 2.9c
17
15.2
+/- 0.7
K1
autocmod 2.9c
17
9.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 223 observations, autocmod 2.9c
17
12.7
+/- 0.7
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
95
Number of observations
330
Arc length (days)
228.00
Time since last observation (days)
2065.14
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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