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Name
A10dRr5 → C/2019 K8
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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
2019-05-30T20:50:00
2019-05-31T05:10:00
TFN
Req: 1807288
Measurements
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Last Update: 2020-Feb-26 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59400.0
July 5, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
93.21481
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
291.04763
Arg of perihelion (deg)
85.39759
Eccentricity
0.9985666
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1950072
Epoch of perihelion
July 21, 2019, 1:30 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58685.56314
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
17.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-R75
0.000996 au
+/- 0.0000048
+/- 0.0000048
PC
autocmod 2.9e
14
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9e
14
5.0
M2
from 19 observations, autocmod 2.9e
14
14.3
+/- 0.3
K1
autocmod 2.9e
14
17.5
M1
from 1313 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9e
14
6.8
+/- 0.6
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
1163
Arc length (days)
275.00
Time since last observation (days)
732.10
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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