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Name
P114AC8 → C/2020 Q2
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-Sep-13 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
3.31508
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
179.88754
Arg of perihelion (deg)
118.52021
Eccentricity
0.5033231
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.4006906
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 6, 2020, 6:44 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58885.28064
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
3
10.0
M1
from 42 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
3
10.9
+/- 0.5
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.4 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
4682.32 m
+12837.0 / -2205.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
46
Arc length (days)
76.00
Time since last observation (days)
532.09
Spectroscopy Details
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