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SWAN01 → C/2020 F8
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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: 2020-May-12 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
110.79434
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
260.038
Arg of perihelion (deg)
68.18971
Eccentricity
1.0002447
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.4302998
Epoch of perihelion
May 27, 2020, 12:59 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58996.54127
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Absolute Magnitude
MPC Default
19.89
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=19.89 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
373.65 m
+1024.0 / -176.0
M1
2 parameter fit from 350 observations, autocmod 2.8
7
11.6
+/- 1.0
K1
autocmod 2.8
7
4.5
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
321
Arc length (days)
32.00
Time since last observation (days)
656.15
Spectroscopy Details
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