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Name
P110Z97 → C/2020 K5
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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Last Update: 2021-May-18 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59400.0
July 5, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
67.15157
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
86.16429
Arg of perihelion (deg)
249.58843
Eccentricity
1.0015084
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.5356608
Epoch of perihelion
June 5, 2021, 1:41 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59370.57066
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-R75
0.00007 au
+/- 0.0000037
+/- 0.0000037
K1
autocmod 2.9e
11
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 67 observations, autocmod 2.9e
11
15.1
+/- 0.8
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
80
Arc length (days)
410.00
Time since last observation (days)
285.09
Spectroscopy Details
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