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Name
C3X96T2 → P/2020 V4
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-Dec-16 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
14.24288
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
203.49693
Arg of perihelion (deg)
256.99194
Eccentricity
0.4493923
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.1485410
Epoch of perihelion
July 17, 2021, 6:59 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59412.79144
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
12.0
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 3.0a
19
12.0
M1
from 476 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 3.0a
19
6.8
+/- 0.7
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=12.4 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
11761.45 m
+32246.0 / -5538.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
449
Arc length (days)
816.00
Time since last observation (days)
73.08
Spectroscopy Details
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