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NameP11bKhA → C/2021 A6
Type Comet (Long Period) [Dynamically New]
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2022-Feb-10 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0 Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg 75.61159
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 164.07928
Arg of perihelion (deg) 351.69694
Eccentricity 0.9992688
Perihelion distance (AU) 7.9286160
Epoch of perihelion May 4, 2021, 4:52 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 59338.20346
Total Magnitude (M1) 7.1
Slope Parameter (k1) 10.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis E2022-CN4
-0.000151 au +/- 0.0000016
+/- 0.0000016
K1 autocmod 3.0a

9
10.0
M1 from 115 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 3.0a

9
7.1 +/- 0.6
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=11.2 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
20439.06 m +56037.0 / -9624.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 123
Arc length (days) 441.00
Time since last observation (days) 17.07
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None