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Name
A10u1Pq → C/2020 Y3
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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-Aug-05 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59400.0
July 5, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
83.09907
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
191.42858
Arg of perihelion (deg)
342.04052
Eccentricity
0.9866977
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9992084
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 3, 2020, 11:28 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59186.47787
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
8.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-R75
0.006474 au
+/- 0.0000071
+/- 0.0000071
K1
autocmod 2.9e
10
8.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 338 observations, autocmod 2.9e
10
13.9
+/- 0.5
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.2 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
5134.06 m
+14076.0 / -2417.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
388
Arc length (days)
220.00
Time since last observation (days)
206.08
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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