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Name
C184DV1 → C/2020 K3
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)
ELP 0.4m - V98; (TEMP; McDonald, Texas)
ELP 0.4m - V99; (TEMP; 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-12 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
128.7143
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
27.93074
Arg of perihelion (deg)
62.70084
Eccentricity
0.9923628
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.5934816
Epoch of perihelion
May 30, 2020, 2:51 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58999.11899
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
13.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2020-SI8
0.005038 au
+/- 0.0000061
+/- 0.0000061
PC
autocmod 2.9c
14
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
14
5.0
M2
from 8 observations, autocmod 2.9c
14
17.5
+/- 0.5
K1
autocmod 2.9c
14
13.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 195 observations, autocmod 2.9c
14
14.9
+/- 0.9
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.7 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
4078.13 m
+11181.0 / -1920.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
92
Number of observations
234
Arc length (days)
323.00
Time since last observation (days)
533.09
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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