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Name
C370K42 → C/2020 R6
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: 2020-Oct-21 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
82.81168
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
12.17781
Arg of perihelion (deg)
272.00452
Eccentricity
0.9912096
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1313119
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 9, 2019, 2:04 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58735.58664
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-Y10
0.003992 au
+/- 0.0000041
+/- 0.0000041
K1
autocmod 2.9e
9
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 47 observations, autocmod 2.9e
9
14.8
+/- 0.6
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.0 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
5629.39 m
+15434.0 / -2651.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
58
Arc length (days)
526.00
Time since last observation (days)
494.08
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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