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Lemmon-Yeung-PANSTARRS (C/2015 VL62)
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Name
P10rIAX → C/2015 VL62
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic) [Dynamically New]
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: 2018-Jul-16 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
165.8165
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
95.10156
Arg of perihelion (deg)
128.7864
Eccentricity
1.0011935
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.7174277
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 27, 2017, 9:32 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57992.89789
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-BE3
0.000016 au
+/- 0.0000003
+/- 0.0000003
K1
autocmod 2.9c
25
5.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 405 observations, autocmod 2.9c
25
11.4
+/- 0.8
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
2062
Arc length (days)
987.00
Time since last observation (days)
1322.14
Spectroscopy Details
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