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Name
A10dGSV → C/2019 K1
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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: 2020-Apr-10 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
87.14863
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
73.37511
Arg of perihelion (deg)
265.70985
Eccentricity
0.9998386
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.0126045
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 12, 2020, 11:17 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58891.97076
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
21
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 163 observations, autocmod 2.8
21
13.3
+/- 0.8
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
210
Arc length (days)
330.00
Time since last observation (days)
98.90
Spectroscopy Details
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