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C6E8602 → C/2021 V1
Type
Comet
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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: 2022-Feb-03 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59600.0
Jan. 21, 2022
Orbital inclination in deg
71.4447
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
207.65188
Arg of perihelion (deg)
195.10791
Eccentricity
0.9955855
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.0134536
Epoch of perihelion
April 30, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59699.37341
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Phase Slope
MPC Default
1.8
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2022-CN4
0.002313 au
+/- 0.0000281
+/- 0.0000281
K1
autocmod 3.0a
5
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 60 observations, autocmod 3.0a
5
15.9
+/- 0.7
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=15.2 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
3239.37 m
+8881.0 / -1525.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
66
Arc length (days)
124.00
Time since last observation (days)
24.05
Spectroscopy Details
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