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NameP116nVT → C/2020 S4
Type Comet (Hyperbolic)
Status Not Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2022-Feb-20 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0 Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg 20.57326
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 117.72028
Arg of perihelion (deg) 21.0117
Eccentricity 1.000432
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.3694113
Epoch of perihelion Feb. 9, 2023, 8:19 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 59984.34687
Total Magnitude (M1) 7.6
Slope Parameter (k1) 9.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis E2022-D36
0.000131 au +/- 0.0000058
+/- 0.0000058
PC autocmod 3.0a

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0.03
K2 autocmod 3.0a

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5.0
M2 from 10 observations, autocmod 3.0a

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11.1 +/- 0.2
K1 autocmod 3.0a

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9.75
M1 2 parameter fit from 448 observations, autocmod 3.0a

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7.6 +/- 0.6
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=11.6 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
17000.47 m +46609.0 / -8005.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 488
Arc length (days) 522.00
Time since last observation (days) 7.08
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None