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NameP11cite → C/2021 B2
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Not Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2022-Feb-02 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0 Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg 38.09133
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 120.55361
Arg of perihelion (deg) 334.96798
Eccentricity 0.9928337
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.5129121
Epoch of perihelion May 4, 2021, 6:26 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 59338.26816
Total Magnitude (M1) 12.0
Slope Parameter (k1) 13.0
Physical Parameters
K1 autocmod 3.0a

9
12.5
M1 2 parameter fit from 90 observations, autocmod 3.0a

9
12.2 +/- 0.4
Reciprocal of semimajor axis E2022-CN4
0.003415 au +/- 0.0000036
+/- 0.0000036
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
Diameter Initial Diameter Guess using H=15.0 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)

MPC Default
3551.9 m +9738.0 / -1672.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 35
Number of observations 88
Arc length (days) 405.00
Time since last observation (days) 25.07
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None