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Name
C20NF62 → C/2020 B3
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status
Actively 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)
------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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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
K1
autocmod 2.8
10
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 161 observations, autocmod 2.8
10
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
173
Arc length (days)
121.00
Time since last observation (days)
53.89
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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