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Name
A100QhO → C/2016 N4
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2016-08-01T17:00:00
2016-08-02T04:10:00
CPT
Req: 0000191334
2016-08-01T21:00:00
2016-08-02T05:10:00
TFN
Req: 0000191488
Measurements
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Last Update: 2020-Mar-26 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59400.0
July 5, 2021
Orbital inclination in deg
72.63534
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
353.99207
Arg of perihelion (deg)
55.94254
Eccentricity
0.9989901
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1973064
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 16, 2017, 7:49 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58012.82592
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-N06
0.000131 au
+/- 0.0000006
+/- 0.0000006
K1
autocmod 2.9c
31
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 709 observations, autocmod 2.9c
31
11.1
+/- 0.7
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
88
Number of observations
2086
Arc length (days)
1658.00
Time since last observation (days)
703.13
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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