Comet Archive

Clear skies!

C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2012-05-18T21:25:42.430080Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:31:45Z
Obs used 1572
NEO -
M1 6.500
K1 10.000
PC 0.030
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2012-06-07.0000000
e 1.00366507
q (au) 5.621418
a (au) -1533.782641
i (deg) 156.933369
Ω (om, deg) 343.649659
ω (w, deg) 114.496039
M (ma, deg) 0.000314

Magnitude

C/2010 R1 (LINEAR) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (1.854 + 5.855\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 1.854
n 5.855
gf 0.966
gb -0.535
k 1.000
δ90 9.997
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)
2026-02-03 00:00 06:51:17.79 +02:11:30.9 HIP 32898 3.20
2026-02-03 12:00 06:51:13.50 +02:11:47.4 HIP 32898 3.50
2026-02-04 00:00 06:51:09.23 +02:12:04.0 HIP 32898 4.09
2026-02-04 12:00 06:51:04.99 +02:12:20.8 HIP 32898 4.86
2026-02-05 00:00 06:51:00.77 +02:12:37.7 HIP 32898 5.73
2026-02-05 12:00 06:50:56.57 +02:12:54.7 HIP 32898 6.67
2026-02-06 00:00 06:50:52.39 +02:13:11.9 HIP 32898 7.64
2026-02-06 12:00 06:50:48.24 +02:13:29.2 HIP 32898 8.64
2026-02-07 00:00 06:50:44.12 +02:13:46.6 HIP 32898 9.64
2026-02-07 12:00 06:50:40.02 +02:14:04.1 HIP 32898 10.66
2026-02-08 00:00 06:50:35.94 +02:14:21.8 HIP 32898 11.68
2026-02-08 12:00 06:50:31.89 +02:14:39.6 HIP 32898 12.71
2026-02-09 00:00 06:50:27.87 +02:14:57.6 HIP 32898 13.73
2026-02-09 12:00 06:50:23.87 +02:15:15.6 HIP 32898 14.75
2026-02-10 00:00 06:50:19.89 +02:15:33.8 HIP 32898 15.77
2026-02-10 12:00 06:50:15.95 +02:15:52.1 HIP 32898 16.79
2026-02-11 00:00 06:50:12.02 +02:16:10.5 HIP 32898 17.80
2026-02-11 12:00 06:50:08.13 +02:16:29.1 HIP 32898 18.81
2026-02-12 00:00 06:50:04.27 +02:16:47.7 HIP 32898 19.82
2026-02-12 12:00 06:50:00.43 +02:17:06.5 HIP 32898 20.82
2026-02-13 00:00 06:49:56.62 +02:17:25.3 HIP 32898 21.81
2026-02-13 12:00 06:49:52.83 +02:17:44.3 HIP 32898 22.81
2026-02-14 00:00 06:49:49.08 +02:18:03.4 HIP 32661 23.44
2026-02-14 12:00 06:49:45.35 +02:18:22.6 HIP 32661 23.07
2026-02-15 00:00 06:49:41.65 +02:18:41.9 HIP 32661 22.75
2026-02-15 12:00 06:49:37.98 +02:19:01.3 HIP 32661 22.47
2026-02-16 00:00 06:49:34.35 +02:19:20.8 HIP 32661 22.24
2026-02-16 12:00 06:49:30.74 +02:19:40.4 HIP 32661 22.05
2026-02-17 00:00 06:49:27.16 +02:20:00.1 HIP 32661 21.91
2026-02-17 12:00 06:49:23.61 +02:20:19.9 HIP 32661 21.81
2026-02-18 00:00 06:49:20.09 +02:20:39.8 HIP 32661 21.76
2026-02-18 12:00 06:49:16.60 +02:20:59.8 HIP 32578 21.54
2026-02-19 00:00 06:49:13.14 +02:21:19.9 HIP 32578 20.63
2026-02-19 12:00 06:49:09.71 +02:21:40.0 HIP 32578 19.74
2026-02-20 00:00 06:49:06.31 +02:22:00.3 HIP 32578 18.85
2026-02-20 12:00 06:49:02.95 +02:22:20.6 HIP 32578 17.97
2026-02-21 00:00 06:48:59.62 +02:22:41.0 HIP 32578 17.10
2026-02-21 12:00 06:48:56.31 +02:23:01.5 HIP 32578 16.24
2026-02-22 00:00 06:48:53.04 +02:23:22.0 HIP 32578 15.39
2026-02-22 12:00 06:48:49.81 +02:23:42.7 HIP 32578 14.56
2026-02-23 00:00 06:48:46.60 +02:24:03.4 HIP 32578 13.74
2026-02-23 12:00 06:48:43.43 +02:24:24.2 HIP 32578 12.94
2026-02-24 00:00 06:48:40.29 +02:24:45.0 HIP 32578 12.15