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Name
C3D5RV2 → P/2020 S6
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: 2021-Feb-13 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
15.45984
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
242.57089
Arg of perihelion (deg)
176.65411
Eccentricity
0.4790547
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.8748253
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 23, 2020, 2:42 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59176.61251
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
37.75
Physical Parameters
PC
autocmod 2.9c
7
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
7
5.0
M2
from 8 observations, autocmod 2.9c
7
17.7
+/- 0.7
K1
autocmod 2.9c
7
37.75
M1
from 236 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
7
8.6
+/- 0.8
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=17.7 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
1024.38 m
+2808.0 / -482.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
281
Arc length (days)
169.00
Time since last observation (days)
379.08
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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