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

$$ M_a = (2.395 + 5.854\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 2.395
n 5.854
gf 0.835
gb -0.500
k 1.000
δ90 1.001
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)
2026-03-26 00:00 06:46:36.14 +02:46:36.3 HIP 32430 9.99
2026-03-26 12:00 06:46:35.19 +02:46:58.0 HIP 32430 10.12
2026-03-27 00:00 06:46:34.28 +02:47:19.7 HIP 32430 10.26
2026-03-27 12:00 06:46:33.41 +02:47:41.4 HIP 32430 10.43
2026-03-28 00:00 06:46:32.58 +02:48:03.0 HIP 32430 10.61
2026-03-28 12:00 06:46:31.78 +02:48:24.5 HIP 32430 10.81
2026-03-29 00:00 06:46:31.01 +02:48:46.0 HIP 32430 11.03
2026-03-29 12:00 06:46:30.29 +02:49:07.5 HIP 32430 11.26
2026-03-30 00:00 06:46:29.60 +02:49:28.9 HIP 32430 11.50
2026-03-30 12:00 06:46:28.95 +02:49:50.2 HIP 32430 11.75
2026-03-31 00:00 06:46:28.34 +02:50:11.5 HIP 32430 12.02
2026-03-31 12:00 06:46:27.76 +02:50:32.8 HIP 32430 12.29
2026-04-01 00:00 06:46:27.22 +02:50:54.0 HIP 32430 12.57
2026-04-01 12:00 06:46:26.72 +02:51:15.1 HIP 32430 12.86
2026-04-02 00:00 06:46:26.25 +02:51:36.2 HIP 32430 13.15
2026-04-02 12:00 06:46:25.82 +02:51:57.2 HIP 32430 13.45
2026-04-03 00:00 06:46:25.42 +02:52:18.1 HIP 32430 13.76
2026-04-03 12:00 06:46:25.07 +02:52:39.0 HIP 32430 14.07
2026-04-04 00:00 06:46:24.74 +02:52:59.8 HIP 32430 14.38
2026-04-04 12:00 06:46:24.46 +02:53:20.6 HIP 32430 14.70
2026-04-05 00:00 06:46:24.21 +02:53:41.3 HIP 32430 15.02
2026-04-05 12:00 06:46:24.00 +02:54:01.9 HIP 32430 15.34
2026-04-06 00:00 06:46:23.82 +02:54:22.5 HIP 32430 15.66
2026-04-06 12:00 06:46:23.68 +02:54:43.0 HIP 32430 15.99
2026-04-07 00:00 06:46:23.58 +02:55:03.4 HIP 32430 16.31
2026-04-07 12:00 06:46:23.51 +02:55:23.7 HIP 32430 16.64
2026-04-08 00:00 06:46:23.48 +02:55:44.0 HIP 32430 16.97
2026-04-08 12:00 06:46:23.48 +02:56:04.1 HIP 32430 17.30
2026-04-09 00:00 06:46:23.52 +02:56:24.2 HIP 32430 17.63
2026-04-09 12:00 06:46:23.59 +02:56:44.3 HIP 32430 17.96
2026-04-10 00:00 06:46:23.70 +02:57:04.2 HIP 32430 18.29
2026-04-10 12:00 06:46:23.85 +02:57:24.1 HIP 32430 18.62
2026-04-11 00:00 06:46:24.03 +02:57:43.8 HIP 32430 18.96
2026-04-11 12:00 06:46:24.25 +02:58:03.5 HIP 32430 19.29
2026-04-12 00:00 06:46:24.50 +02:58:23.1 HIP 32430 19.62
2026-04-12 12:00 06:46:24.79 +02:58:42.6 HIP 32430 19.95
2026-04-13 00:00 06:46:25.11 +02:59:02.1 HIP 32430 20.29
2026-04-13 12:00 06:46:25.47 +02:59:21.4 HIP 32430 20.62
2026-04-14 00:00 06:46:25.86 +02:59:40.6 HIP 32430 20.95
2026-04-14 12:00 06:46:26.29 +02:59:59.8 HIP 32430 21.29
2026-04-15 00:00 06:46:26.75 +03:00:18.8 HIP 32430 21.62
2026-04-15 12:00 06:46:27.25 +03:00:37.8 HIP 32430 21.96
2026-04-16 00:00 06:46:27.78 +03:00:56.6 HIP 32430 22.29