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Name
C2KXCV2 → C/2020 H4
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Not 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)
TFN 1.0m - Z31,Z24; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ 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.) [MuSCAT4]
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2020-Jun-02 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59080.0
Aug. 19, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
84.31919
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
307.77048
Arg of perihelion (deg)
116.75342
Eccentricity
0.9937214
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.9385129
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 29, 2020, 5:41 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59090.23728
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
6
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 31 observations, autocmod 2.9c
6
16.5
+/- 0.7
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=15.5 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
2821.38 m
+7735.0 / -1328.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
53
Number of observations
33
Arc length (days)
42.00
Time since last observation (days)
635.09
Spectroscopy Details
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