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NameM60B7LC → C/2020 F5
Type Comet (Hyperbolic)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2020-Jul-08 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0 May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg 51.70248
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 350.64376
Arg of perihelion (deg) 311.03839
Eccentricity 1.0025905
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.3264654
Epoch of perihelion March 24, 2021, 3:48 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 59297.15872
Total Magnitude (M1) 9.5
Slope Parameter (k1) 4.5
Physical Parameters
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
M1 2 parameter fit from 119 observations, autocmod 2.8

12
9.5 +/- 0.3
K1 autocmod 2.8

12
4.5
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 119
Arc length (days) 114.00
Time since last observation (days) 9.89
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None