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Name
A10nMaI → C/2020 M5
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,V45,V47; (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: 2022-Feb-16 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
93.22391
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
352.09387
Arg of perihelion (deg)
126.33635
Eccentricity
1.0002407
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.0042987
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 19, 2021, 9 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59445.87537
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
12.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2022-D36
0.000142 au
+/- 0.0000011
+/- 0.0000011
PC
autocmod 3.0a
28
0.03
K2
autocmod 3.0a
28
5.0
M2
from 54 observations, autocmod 3.0a
28
12.5
+/- 0.4
K1
autocmod 3.0a
28
12.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 965 observations, autocmod 3.0a
28
7.5
+/- 0.7
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1092
Arc length (days)
921.00
Time since last observation (days)
11.09
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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