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NameP10xoN8 → C/2016 T3
Type Comet (Long Period)
Status Actively Following
Source Minor Planet Center
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Last Update: 2018-Apr-18 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
58200.0 March 23, 2018
Orbital inclination in deg 22.67673
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg) 271.74887
Arg of perihelion (deg) 194.68275
Eccentricity 0.9811786
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.6495577
Epoch of perihelion Sept. 6, 2017, 11:46 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD) 58002.99065
Total Magnitude (M1) 10.9
Slope Parameter (k1) 10.0
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis MPEC 2018-H105
0.00677471 au +/- 0.0000021
+/- 0.0000021
PC autocmod 2.6n

22
0.03
K2 autocmod 2.6n

22
5.0
M2 from 192 observations, autocmod 2.6n

22
13.8 +/- 0.6
K1 autocmod 2.6n

22
10.0
M1 from 184 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.6n

22
10.9 +/- 0.7
Phase Slope MPC Default
4.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP digest2 score 10
Number of observations 411
Arc length (days) 555.00
Time since last observation (days) 821.93
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies None