C/2021 K2 ( MASTER )

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Updated on September 11, 2022

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* Profile

Discovery Date May 22, 2021
Magnitude 18.7 mag
Discoverer Mobile Astronomical System of the Telescope-Robots (MASTER) auto-detection system (South African Astronomical Observatory)

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2022 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2459600.5
T 2021 Sept.  9.26060 TT                                Rudenko
q   5.4671148            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0002151      Peri.  343.33413     +0.25591641     -0.11530914
 +/-0.0000048      Node   282.24526     -0.73640374     -0.66647431
e   1.0011757      Incl.  100.84426     -0.62627177     +0.73655671
From 80 observations 2021 May 10-2022 Apr. 2, mean residual 0".5.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 7.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2022-G109.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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