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NameP116gz6 → C/2020 S2
Type Comet (Halley-Type)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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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
Known Taxonomies None