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Name
N00aeat → C/2016 U1
Type
Comet (Hyperbolic) [Dynamically New]
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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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2016-10-26T01:20:00
2016-10-26T11:50:00
ELP
Req: 0000254283
2016-10-27T01:10:00
2016-10-27T12:00:00
ELP
Req: 0000254817
2016-10-28T01:10:00
2016-10-28T12:00:00
ELP
Req: 0000255207
2016-11-01T01:10:00
2016-11-01T12:00:00
ELP
Req: 0000258798
Measurements
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Last Update: 2017-Jan-12 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57800.0
Feb. 16, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg
46.43497
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
61.42836
Arg of perihelion (deg)
162.74851
Eccentricity
1.0002603
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.3191694
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 14, 2017, 12:23 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57767.01665
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
12.25
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
MPEC 2017-E59
-0.0000434 au
+/- 0.0000197
+/- 0.0000197
PC
autocmod 2.9c
8
0.03
K2
autocmod 2.9c
8
5.0
M2
from 167 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
19.5
+/- 1.0
K1
autocmod 2.9c
8
12.25
M1
2 parameter fit from 52 observations, autocmod 2.9c
8
13.1
+/- 0.9
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
10
Number of observations
267
Arc length (days)
77.00
Time since last observation (days)
1872.13
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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