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Name
N00gzzu → C/2020 P1
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2020-08-04T16:54:00
2020-08-05T16:54:00
SIN
Req: 2201516
2020-08-07T17:43:00
2020-08-07T18:38:00
CPT
Req: 2203909
Measurements
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Last Update: 2020-Dec-09 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
45.05414
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
53.53824
Arg of perihelion (deg)
8.89573
Eccentricity
1.000297
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.3421774
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 20, 2020, 4:17 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59142.17884
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-BE3
0.000184 au
+/- 0.0000189
+/- 0.0000189
K1
autocmod 2.9c
10
5.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 105 observations, autocmod 2.9c
10
15.3
+/- 0.9
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
35
Number of observations
135
Arc length (days)
129.00
Time since last observation (days)
445.09
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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