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Name
C3XUF92 → P/2020 W1
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-18 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
10.79199
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
124.25901
Arg of perihelion (deg)
264.7721
Eccentricity
0.2650049
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.2876089
Epoch of perihelion
April 4, 2020, 5 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58943.20851
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
3
10.0
M1
from 75 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
3
10.4
+/- 0.6
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=13.9 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
5894.69 m
+16161.0 / -2776.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
89
Arc length (days)
111.00
Time since last observation (days)
436.08
Spectroscopy Details
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