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NameC20NF62 → C/2020 B3
Type Comet (Jupiter Family) [Dynamically New]
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)
59200.0 Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 20.70483
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 185.82732
Arg of perihelion (deg) 325.07535
Eccentricity 0.9977536
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.3442889
Epoch of perihelion Oct. 19, 2019, 6:57 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 58775.78959
Total Magnitude (M1) 14.6
Slope Parameter (k1) 4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis E2020-W26
0.000019 au +/- 0.0000093
+/- 0.0000093
K1 autocmod 2.9c

14
4.5
M1 2 parameter fit from 164 observations, autocmod 2.9c

14
14.6 +/- 0.8
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
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 184
Arc length (days) 127.00
Time since last observation (days) 643.10
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None