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Name
GB00015 → C/2015 D4
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: 2015-Jun-21 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57200.0
June 27, 2015
Orbital inclination in deg
77.30019
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
305.80613
Arg of perihelion (deg)
314.68977
Eccentricity
0.9891075
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.8615122
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 28, 2014, 5:56 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56958.24751
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
16.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2015-M77
0.01265546 au
+/- 0.0000432
+/- 0.0000432
PC
autocmod 2.9c
15
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
15
5.0
M2
from 14 observations, autocmod 2.9c
15
14.8
+/- 0.6
K1
autocmod 2.9c
15
16.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 27 observations, autocmod 2.9c
15
9.2
+/- 0.6
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
40
Arc length (days)
118.00
Time since last observation (days)
2443.16
Spectroscopy Details
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