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Name
gb00098 → C/2016 R3
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: 2016-Sep-24 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57680.0
Oct. 19, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg
53.04931
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
78.68829
Arg of perihelion (deg)
118.0469
Eccentricity
0.9977392
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.4472754
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 10, 2016, 11:38 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57671.98508
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPC 102099
0.00569278 au
+/- 0.0014308
+/- 0.0014308
PC
autocmod 2.9c
3
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
3
5.0
M2
from 4 observations, autocmod 2.9c
3
18.0
+/- 0.1
K1
autocmod 2.9c
3
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 54 observations, autocmod 2.9c
3
16.7
+/- 0.7
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
51
Arc length (days)
13.00
Time since last observation (days)
1982.13
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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