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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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: 2018-Jan-29 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58200.0
March 23, 2018
Orbital inclination in deg
163.17664
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
131.65771
Arg of perihelion (deg)
165.13324
Eccentricity
1.0006102
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.3150402
Epoch of perihelion
April 20, 2016, 10:06 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57498.42152
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
8.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2018-S50
0.0002828 au
PC
autocmod 2.9c
82
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
82
5.0
M2
from 2507 observations, autocmod 2.9c
82
10.8
+/- 0.9
K1
autocmod 2.9c
82
8.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 466 observations, autocmod 2.9c
82
7.9
+/- 1.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
3130
Arc length (days)
1462.00
Time since last observation (days)
1490.14
Spectroscopy Details
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