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Name
C5V8842 → P/2021 R5
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
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-Dec-16 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
7.85368
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
219.95984
Arg of perihelion (deg)
167.35249
Eccentricity
0.3071343
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.3227423
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 12, 2022, 1:25 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59591.05972
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
18.75
Physical Parameters
PC
autocmod 3.0a
11
0.03
K2
autocmod 3.0a
11
5.0
M2
from 3 observations, autocmod 3.0a
11
14.8
+/- 0.2
K1
autocmod 3.0a
11
18.75
M1
from 207 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 3.0a
11
7.2
+/- 0.5
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=14.6 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
4270.33 m
+11708.0 / -2011.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
213
Arc length (days)
177.00
Time since last observation (days)
73.06
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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