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NameN00gbay → C/2020 F3
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2021-Jun-08 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59400.0 July 5, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg 128.94098
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 61.01337
Arg of perihelion (deg) 37.27791
Eccentricity 0.999137
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.2946991
Epoch of perihelion July 3, 2020, 3:40 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 59033.65320
Total Magnitude (M1) 12.1
Slope Parameter (k1) 12.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis E2021-O56
0.003672 au +/- 0.0000012
+/- 0.0000012
K1 autocmod 2.9e

29
12.0
M1 2 parameter fit from 942 observations, autocmod 2.9e

29
12.1 +/- 1.0
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=13.3 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
7770.71 m +21305.0 / -3659.0
M2 from 10 observations, autocmod 2.8

15
14.9 +/- 0.2
K2 autocmod 2.8

15
5.0
PC autocmod 2.8

15
0.03
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 1271
Arc length (days) 438.00
Time since last observation (days) 264.10
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None