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Name
P11bKhA → C/2021 A6
Type
Comet (Long Period) [Dynamically New]
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: 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
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