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XT91FAC → C/2016 T1
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: 2017-May-26 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58000.0
Sept. 4, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg
129.82741
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
56.233
Arg of perihelion (deg)
137.35355
Eccentricity
0.9820693
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2999529
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 1, 2017, 4:16 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57785.67779
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2017-L52
0.00852203 au
+/- 0.0000053
+/- 0.0000053
K1
autocmod 2.9c
11
4.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 106 observations, autocmod 2.9c
11
15.6
+/- 0.9
M2
from 5 observations, autocmod 2.6i
10
15.5
+/- 0.5
K2
autocmod 2.6i
10
5.0
PC
autocmod 2.6i
10
0.03
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
128
Arc length (days)
232.00
Time since last observation (days)
1738.13
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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