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Name
XE36BCE → C/2016 E2
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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: 2016-Mar-31 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57440.0
Feb. 22, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg
135.94466
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
186.6452
Arg of perihelion (deg)
321.7153
Eccentricity
0.9920921
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0739200
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 6, 2016, 10:28 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57424.43672
Total Magnitude (M1)
20.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPC 99821
0.00783002 au
+/- 0.0029773
+/- 0.0029773
K1
autocmod 2.9c
6
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 65 observations, autocmod 2.9c
6
20.7
+/- 0.6
M2
from 17 observations, autocmod 2.6f
5
21.5
+/- 0.3
K2
autocmod 2.6f
5
5.0
PC
autocmod 2.6f
5
0.03
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
98
Number of observations
98
Arc length (days)
16.00
Time since last observation (days)
2159.14
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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