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Name
P116Mc6 → P/2020 S5
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-Dec-16 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
12.35402
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
315.99907
Arg of perihelion (deg)
53.01337
Eccentricity
0.3383159
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.6786920
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 8, 2020, 8:52 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59069.37004
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
6
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 62 observations, autocmod 2.9c
6
16.9
+/- 0.6
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=16.5 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
1780.17 m
+4881.0 / -838.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
74
Arc length (days)
112.00
Time since last observation (days)
438.08
Spectroscopy Details
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