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Name
C2UM9W2 → P/2020 K9
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
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-24 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59280.0
March 7, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
23.24369
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
166.15176
Arg of perihelion (deg)
198.06262
Eccentricity
0.3225206
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.8341952
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 15, 2021, 3:12 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59260.63347
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
12
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 121 observations, autocmod 2.9c
12
15.6
+/- 0.7
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.1 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
5376.02 m
+14739.0 / -2531.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
44
Number of observations
38
Arc length (days)
33.00
Time since last observation (days)
613.09
Spectroscopy Details
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