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NameM60B7LC → C/2020 F5
Type Comet (Hyperbolic)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2022-Feb-02 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0 Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg 51.94868
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 350.54674
Arg of perihelion (deg) 311.19279
Eccentricity 1.007335
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.3266435
Epoch of perihelion March 24, 2021, 9:09 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 59297.88140
Total Magnitude (M1) 9.4
Slope Parameter (k1) 4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis E2022-CN4
0.000463 au +/- 0.0000006
+/- 0.0000006
K1 autocmod 3.0a

42
4.5
M1 2 parameter fit from 640 observations, autocmod 3.0a

42
9.4 +/- 0.5
Absolute Magnitude MPC Default
8.6
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=8.6 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
67680.1 m +185556.0 / -31867.0
M2 from 4 observations, autocmod 2.8

11
9.1 +/- 0.1
K2 autocmod 2.8

11
5.0
PC autocmod 2.8

11
0.03
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 757
Arc length (days) 688.00
Time since last observation (days) 25.10
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None