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Name
P118urO → P/2020 U2
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-Apr-11 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59400.0
July 5, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
6.42113
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
342.8997
Arg of perihelion (deg)
84.64681
Eccentricity
0.5106057
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.8487888
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 25, 2020, 4:55 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59208.70499
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
26.0
Physical Parameters
PC
autocmod 2.9c
9
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
9
5.0
M2
from 3 observations, autocmod 2.9c
9
15.6
+/- 0.0005
K1
autocmod 2.9c
9
26.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 211 observations, autocmod 2.9c
9
9.9
+/- 1.0
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=19.0 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
562.94 m
+1543.0 / -265.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
309
Arc length (days)
206.00
Time since last observation (days)
322.08
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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