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NameA100QhO → C/2016 N4
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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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

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4.5
M1 2 parameter fit from 678 observations, autocmod 2.8

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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