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Name
C1T0QN2 → C/2020 B2
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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Last Update: 2020-Feb-20 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
55.74938
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
354.3145
Arg of perihelion (deg)
143.80487
Eccentricity
0.9606045
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.7695753
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 26, 2020, 7:51 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58874.82718
Total Magnitude (M1)
17.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
6
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 95 observations, autocmod 2.9c
6
17.2
+/- 0.4
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=16.3 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
1951.92 m
+5351.0 / -919.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
93
Arc length (days)
32.00
Time since last observation (days)
738.10
Spectroscopy Details
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