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Name
A10ACD6 → P/2021 Q5
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family) [NEO]
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: 2021-Oct-23 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
10.7341
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
239.77287
Arg of perihelion (deg)
180.89709
Eccentricity
0.6242872
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.2345426
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 30, 2021, 10:25 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59456.43471
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.5
Physical Parameters
PC
autocmod 3.0a
8
0.03
K2
autocmod 3.0a
8
5.0
M2
from 7 observations, autocmod 3.0a
8
16.5
+/- 0.2
K1
autocmod 3.0a
8
5.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 202 observations, autocmod 3.0a
8
15.7
+/- 0.9
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.8 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
3894.58 m
+10678.0 / -1834.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
263
Arc length (days)
55.00
Time since last observation (days)
127.06
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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