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Name
v28aug1 → 252P
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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Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59400.0
July 5, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
10.40977
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
190.94595
Arg of perihelion (deg)
343.30132
Eccentricity
0.6719669
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0004987
Epoch of perihelion
July 11, 2021, 7:09 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59406.29816
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
16.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9e
K212/2
16.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 237 observations, autocmod 2.9e
K212/2
16.4
+/- 1.0
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=16.7 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
1623.53 m
+4451.0 / -764.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
100
Number of observations
1064
Arc length (days)
1972.00
Time since last observation (days)
182.06
Spectroscopy Details
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