C/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 1948-10-27T10:14:33.031680Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:29:09Z
Obs used 17
NEO -
M1 -
K1 -
PC -
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 1949-01-10.0000000
e 0.99991400
q (au) 0.135439
a (au) 1574.787178
i (deg) 23.116272
Ω (om, deg) 211.042719
ω (w, deg) 107.249362
M (ma, deg) 0.001176

Magnitude

C/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (4.919 + 4.296\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 4.919
n 4.296
gf 0.800
gb -1.000
k 1.000
δ90 1.000
Parameter Symbol Range Description
Absolute magnitude at 1 AU from Sun and Earth H0 -5 to 20 Intrinsic brightness of the comet
Photometric slope parameter n 2 to 6 Rate of brightness change with heliocentric distance
Forward scattering asymmetry factor gf 0.8 to 1 Degree of forward scattering
Backward scattering asymmetry factor gb -1 to -0.5 Degree of backward scattering
Partitioning coefficient k 0.8 to 1 Ratio between forward/backward scattering contributions
Dust-to-gas brightness ratio δ90 1 to 10 Relative contribution of dust scattering to gas emission

Reference: EPSC-DPS2025-160

Ephemeris

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-05-12 00:00 08:43:02.48 -05:06:00.4 HIP 42880 19.48
2026-05-12 12:00 08:43:02.72 -05:05:54.6 HIP 42880 19.42
2026-05-13 00:00 08:43:02.97 -05:05:48.8 HIP 42880 19.35
2026-05-13 12:00 08:43:03.23 -05:05:43.1 HIP 42880 19.29
2026-05-14 00:00 08:43:03.50 -05:05:37.4 HIP 42880 19.22
2026-05-14 12:00 08:43:03.78 -05:05:31.8 HIP 42880 19.15
2026-05-15 00:00 08:43:04.07 -05:05:26.3 HIP 42880 19.08
2026-05-15 12:00 08:43:04.36 -05:05:20.8 HIP 42880 19.01
2026-05-16 00:00 08:43:04.67 -05:05:15.3 HIP 42880 18.93
2026-05-16 12:00 08:43:04.99 -05:05:09.9 HIP 42880 18.86
2026-05-17 00:00 08:43:05.31 -05:05:04.6 HIP 42880 18.78
2026-05-17 12:00 08:43:05.64 -05:04:59.3 HIP 42880 18.70
2026-05-18 00:00 08:43:05.99 -05:04:54.0 HIP 42880 18.62
2026-05-18 12:00 08:43:06.34 -05:04:48.8 HIP 42880 18.54
2026-05-19 00:00 08:43:06.70 -05:04:43.7 HIP 42880 18.45
2026-05-19 12:00 08:43:07.07 -05:04:38.6 HIP 42880 18.36
2026-05-20 00:00 08:43:07.44 -05:04:33.6 HIP 42880 18.27
2026-05-20 12:00 08:43:07.83 -05:04:28.6 HIP 42880 18.18
2026-05-21 00:00 08:43:08.23 -05:04:23.7 HIP 42880 18.09
2026-05-21 12:00 08:43:08.63 -05:04:18.8 HIP 42880 18.00
2026-05-22 00:00 08:43:09.04 -05:04:14.0 HIP 42880 17.90
2026-05-22 12:00 08:43:09.47 -05:04:09.2 HIP 42880 17.80
2026-05-23 00:00 08:43:09.90 -05:04:04.5 HIP 42880 17.70
2026-05-23 12:00 08:43:10.33 -05:03:59.9 HIP 42880 17.60
2026-05-24 00:00 08:43:10.78 -05:03:55.3 HIP 42880 17.50
2026-05-24 12:00 08:43:11.24 -05:03:50.8 HIP 42880 17.39
2026-05-25 00:00 08:43:11.70 -05:03:46.3 HIP 42880 17.29
2026-05-25 12:00 08:43:12.18 -05:03:41.9 HIP 42880 17.18
2026-05-26 00:00 08:43:12.66 -05:03:37.5 HIP 42880 17.07
2026-05-26 12:00 08:43:13.15 -05:03:33.2 HIP 42880 16.95
2026-05-27 00:00 08:43:13.65 -05:03:29.0 HIP 42880 16.84
2026-05-27 12:00 08:43:14.15 -05:03:24.8 HIP 42880 16.72
2026-05-28 00:00 08:43:14.67 -05:03:20.6 HIP 42880 16.61
2026-05-28 12:00 08:43:15.19 -05:03:16.6 HIP 42880 16.49
2026-05-29 00:00 08:43:15.72 -05:03:12.6 HIP 42880 16.37
2026-05-29 12:00 08:43:16.26 -05:03:08.6 HIP 42880 16.24
2026-05-30 00:00 08:43:16.81 -05:03:04.7 HIP 42880 16.12
2026-05-30 12:00 08:43:17.36 -05:03:00.9 HIP 42880 15.99
2026-05-31 00:00 08:43:17.93 -05:02:57.1 HIP 42880 15.87
2026-05-31 12:00 08:43:18.50 -05:02:53.4 HIP 42880 15.74
2026-06-01 00:00 08:43:19.08 -05:02:49.7 HIP 42880 15.61
2026-06-01 12:00 08:43:19.66 -05:02:46.1 HIP 42880 15.47
2026-06-02 00:00 08:43:20.26 -05:02:42.6 HIP 42880 15.34