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Name
WDBB47D → C/2015 D5
Type
Comet (Jupiter Family)
Status
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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Ingest Time: 2015-Mar-07 01:22
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57188.0
June 15, 2015
Orbital inclination in deg
15.5233
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
59.25137
Arg of perihelion (deg)
133.71883
Eccentricity
1.0
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2682158
Epoch of perihelion
June 15, 2015, 2:48 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57188.11689
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
23
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 70 observations, autocmod 2.9c
23
13.4
+/- 0.8
M2
from 34 observations, autocmod 2.6m
22
13.3
+/- 0.5
K2
autocmod 2.6m
22
5.0
PC
autocmod 2.6m
22
0.03
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
16
Arc length (days)
2.00
Time since last observation (days)
2555.15
Spectroscopy Details
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