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Name
ZTF0KcP → C/2021 D2
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic)
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-21 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
83.83072
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
305.67863
Arg of perihelion (deg)
125.02983
Eccentricity
1.0014333
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.9462998
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 3, 2022, 11:32 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59613.98103
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2022-D36
0.000071 au
+/- 0.0000003
+/- 0.0000003
K1
autocmod 3.0a
21
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 504 observations, autocmod 3.0a
21
13.1
+/- 0.5
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=12.1 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
13503.95 m
+37023.0 / -6358.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
569
Arc length (days)
367.00
Time since last observation (days)
6.07
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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