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Name
P110DoO → C/2020 K4
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-Sep-14 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
125.91123
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
264.10384
Arg of perihelion (deg)
310.28007
Eccentricity
0.9609951
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7726329
Epoch of perihelion
March 6, 2020, 11:19 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58914.47214
Total Magnitude (M1)
17.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
6.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2020-SI8
0.022141 au
K1
autocmod 2.9c
11
6.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 42 observations, autocmod 2.9c
11
17.9
+/- 0.3
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=17.4 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
1176.15 m
+3225.0 / -554.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
96
Number of observations
48
Arc length (days)
117.00
Time since last observation (days)
531.09
Spectroscopy Details
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