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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: 2020-Jul-13 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59040.0 July 10, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 128.93733
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 61.01217
Arg of perihelion (deg) 37.27753
Eccentricity 0.9992066
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.2946635
Epoch of perihelion July 3, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 59033.67810
Total Magnitude (M1) 10.7
Slope Parameter (k1) 17.75
Physical Parameters
PC autocmod 2.8

15
0.03
K2 autocmod 2.8

15
5.0
M2 from 10 observations, autocmod 2.8

15
14.9 +/- 0.2
K1 autocmod 2.8

15
17.75
M1 2 parameter fit from 340 observations, autocmod 2.8

15
10.7 +/- 0.7
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
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 340
Arc length (days) 108.00
Time since last observation (days) 4.89
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None