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Name
A100QhO → C/2016 N4
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Actively 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)
------------ 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.)
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)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
72.59593
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
354.00159
Arg of perihelion (deg)
55.9386
Eccentricity
0.9986637
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1983427
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 16, 2017, 11:20 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58012.47255
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
28
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 678 observations, autocmod 2.8
28
11.1
+/- 0.7
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
88
Number of observations
2016
Arc length (days)
1658.00
Time since last observation (days)
113.93
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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