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Name
P10xoN8 → C/2016 T3
Type
Comet (Long Period)
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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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)
13.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
4.75
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2018-H105
0.00677471 au
+/- 0.0000021
+/- 0.0000021
K1
autocmod 2.9c
23
4.75
M1
2 parameter fit from 184 observations, autocmod 2.9c
23
13.7
+/- 0.6
M2
from 192 observations, autocmod 2.6n
22
13.8
+/- 0.6
K2
autocmod 2.6n
22
5.0
PC
autocmod 2.6n
22
0.03
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
411
Arc length (days)
555.00
Time since last observation (days)
1411.13
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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