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Name
P11bKhA → C/2021 A6
Type
Comet
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)
------------ 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.)
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Update: 2021-Jan-15 16:11
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59227.0
Jan. 13, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
75.58627
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
164.08439
Arg of perihelion (deg)
351.51905
Eccentricity
0.9985303
Perihelion distance (AU)
7.9299756
Epoch of perihelion
May 1, 2021, 1:46 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59335.57365
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
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
47
Arc length (days)
47.90
Time since last observation (days)
2.40
Spectroscopy Details
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