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Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status
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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: 2025-Mar-29 06:59
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
21.10628
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
305.48404
Arg of perihelion (deg)
111.43597
Eccentricity
0.6101078
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9175940
Epoch of perihelion
July 25, 2021, 8:21 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59420.84858
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
7.25
Physical Parameters
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
K1
autocmod 3.0a
66
7.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 562 observations, autocmod 3.0a
66
14.3
+/- 0.7
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=12.98 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
9004.53 m
+24687.0 / -4240.0
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
682
Arc length (days)
4278.00
Time since last observation (days)
1053.29
Spectroscopy Details
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