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Name
P10vEyH → C/2016 M1
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Actively 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: 2020-May-09 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
90.99973
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
92.20358
Arg of perihelion (deg)
209.87534
Eccentricity
0.9994565
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2118795
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 10, 2018, 7:06 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58340.29637
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
6.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
38
6.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 971 observations, autocmod 2.8
38
8.4
+/- 0.9
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
3254
Arc length (days)
1417.00
Time since last observation (days)
69.93
Spectroscopy Details
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