C/2018 EF9 ( Lemmon )

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Updated on May 20, 2019

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* Profile

Discovery Date March 9, 2018
Magnitude 20.7 mag
Discoverer A. R. Gibbs (Mount Lemmon)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2018 June 11.0 TT = JDT 2458280.5
T 2018 May 23.13007 TT                                  MPCW
q   1.5566299            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0015592      Peri.   72.61780     -0.30764081     +0.94276858
 +/-0.0000044      Node   172.57784     -0.42286504     -0.25656446
e   0.9975729      Incl.   84.69430     +0.85237450     +0.21298378
From 170 observations 2018 Mar. 9-Sept. 11, mean residual 0".6.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 =  17.0 + 5 log d +  10.0 log r  [   ,-31]  (             - 2018 Apr. 22)
        m1 = -81   + 5 log d + 480   log r  [-31, 31]  (2018 Apr. 22 - 2018 June 23)
        m1 =  17.0 + 5 log d +  10.0 log r  [ 31,   ]  (2018 June 23 -             )

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2018-S50.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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