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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: 2024-Oct-13 20:21
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
21.1063
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
305.48409
Arg of perihelion (deg)
111.43595
Eccentricity
0.6101132
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9175944
Epoch of perihelion
July 25, 2021, 8:22 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59420.84866
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
7.25
Physical Parameters
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
658
Arc length (days)
4199.00
Time since last observation (days)
18.06
Spectroscopy Details
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