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Name
A10o9AK → C/2020 N2
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: 2021-Mar-22 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
161.03308
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
257.07745
Arg of perihelion (deg)
331.2207
Eccentricity
0.9822455
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7937903
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 23, 2020, 4:45 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59084.69801
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
6.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-FB5
0.009952 au
+/- 0.0000121
+/- 0.0000121
K1
autocmod 2.9c
8
6.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 81 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
16.6
+/- 0.4
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=16.3 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
1951.92 m
+5351.0 / -919.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
88
Arc length (days)
252.00
Time since last observation (days)
342.09
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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