Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet 487P/Siding Spring, Taras Prystavski
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Comet 487P/Siding Spring

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Comet 487P/Siding Spring
2024 Oct. 14.48 UT  m1=15.3 (m2=15.8) Dia.=0.3' Tail=1.1' in PA 235 deg... [T11] 0.51-m f/4.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham + CCD... T. Prystavski... iTelescope observatory, U94 (remotely from Great Basin Desert, Beryl Junction, Utah, USA)

U94_2024_11_04-1_multi.txt

MPCReport_calibrated-T11-prystavski-0487P-20241013-052619-Luminance-BIN2-W-060-001+4.txt

487P
Epoch 2024 Oct. 17.0 TT = JDT 2460600.5
T 2024 Oct. 20.6525 TT Rudenko
q 1.814990 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.0839553 Peri. 0.8652 +0.6443634 -0.5951009 T = 2460604.15246 JDT
a 5.165400 Node 49.2109 +0.6977513 +0.2005179 q = 1.8149899
e 0.648625 Incl. 39.3700 +0.3129519 +0.7782336 Earth MOID = 0.82521 AU
P 11.7

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Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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Light curve created using "Comet for Windows" software. Copyright(C) Seiichi Yoshida.

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Comet 487P/Siding Spring, Taras Prystavski

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