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Name
P10wLo2 → C/2016 Q2
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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Last Update: 2020-Jul-11 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
109.38946
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
322.29934
Arg of perihelion (deg)
84.49818
Eccentricity
0.9995971
Perihelion distance (AU)
7.0824475
Epoch of perihelion
May 11, 2021, 12:21 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
59345.51458
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
5.75
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.8
27
5.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 213 observations, autocmod 2.8
27
9.6
+/- 0.7
Phase Slope
MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
51
Number of observations
246
Arc length (days)
1415.00
Time since last observation (days)
6.93
Spectroscopy Details
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