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Name
P116gz6 → C/2020 S2
Type
Comet (Halley-Type)
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-Jan-08 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
22.39792
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
197.68536
Arg of perihelion (deg)
202.26579
Eccentricity
0.8274713
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7560368
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 21, 2020, 10:34 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59204.94037
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
13.5
Physical Parameters
PC
autocmod 2.9c
8
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
8
5.0
M2
from 4 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
19.2
+/- 0.2
K1
autocmod 2.9c
8
13.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 70 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
16.3
+/- 0.5
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=18.6 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
676.8 m
+1856.0 / -319.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
93
Arc length (days)
142.00
Time since last observation (days)
415.08
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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