C/2018 M1 ( Catalina )

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Updated on February 8, 2021

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* Profile

Discovery Date June 25, 2018
Magnitude 17.6 mag
Discoverer H. Groeller and R. A. Kowalski (Catalina Sky Survey)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2018 July 21.0 TT = JDT 2458320.5
T 2018 July 10.02417 TT                                 MPCW
q   1.3034792            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.01005372     Peri.   14.13241     +0.97628045     +0.04211551
a  21.2610615      Node   339.46357     -0.20394288     +0.50820428
e   0.9386917      Incl.   37.25724     +0.07268967     +0.86020619
P  98.03
From 159 observations 2018 June 25-2019 Jan. 17, mean residual 0".5.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 16.0 + 5 log d + 6.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2019-J142.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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