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NameC20NF62 → C/2020 B3
Type Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Measurements
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Last Update: 2020-May-25 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0 May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 20.70325
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 185.82472
Arg of perihelion (deg) 325.08933
Eccentricity 0.998142
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.3445105
Epoch of perihelion Oct. 19, 2019, 8:48 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 58775.86675
Total Magnitude (M1) 14.6
Slope Parameter (k1) 4.5
Physical Parameters
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.1 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
5376.02 m +14739.0 / -2531.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 161 observations, autocmod 2.8

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14.6 +/- 0.8
K1 autocmod 2.8

10
4.5
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 173
Arc length (days) 121.00
Time since last observation (days) 53.89
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None