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C/2013 D1 (Holvorcem)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/2013 D1 (Holvorcem)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2013-04-13T17:17:27.458880Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:32:30Z
Obs used 118
NEO -
M1 13.500
K1 10.000
PC -
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2013-03-26.0000000
e 0.78087861
q (au) 2.460129
a (au) 11.227243
i (deg) 10.093564
Ω (om, deg) 294.974884
ω (w, deg) 252.631501
M (ma, deg) 359.509532

Magnitude

C/2013 D1 (Holvorcem) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (14.750 + 6.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 14.750
n 6.000
gf 0.967
gb -0.790
k 0.800
δ90 5.235
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 23:22:16.19 +05:07:17.2 HIP 115364 23.31
2026-02-03 12:00 23:22:21.42 +05:07:42.5 HIP 115364 23.11
2026-02-04 00:00 23:22:26.68 +05:08:08.1 HIP 115364 22.99
2026-02-04 12:00 23:22:31.96 +05:08:34.0 HIP 115364 22.95
2026-02-05 00:00 23:22:37.27 +05:09:00.2 HIP 115364 23.00
2026-02-05 12:00 23:22:42.61 +05:09:26.6 HIP 115364 23.12
2026-02-06 00:00 23:22:47.97 +05:09:53.3 HIP 115364 23.33
2026-02-06 12:00 23:22:53.35 +05:10:20.2 HIP 115524 22.84
2026-02-07 00:00 23:22:58.75 +05:10:47.4 HIP 115524 22.12
2026-02-07 12:00 23:23:04.18 +05:11:14.8 HIP 115524 21.46
2026-02-08 00:00 23:23:09.64 +05:11:42.5 HIP 115524 20.89
2026-02-08 12:00 23:23:15.11 +05:12:10.5 HIP 115524 20.39
2026-02-09 00:00 23:23:20.61 +05:12:38.7 HIP 115524 19.99
2026-02-09 12:00 23:23:26.13 +05:13:07.1 HIP 115524 19.69
2026-02-10 00:00 23:23:31.68 +05:13:35.8 HIP 115524 19.50
2026-02-10 12:00 23:23:37.24 +05:14:04.8 HIP 115524 19.41
2026-02-11 00:00 23:23:42.82 +05:14:34.0 HIP 115524 19.44
2026-02-11 12:00 23:23:48.43 +05:15:03.4 HIP 115524 19.58
2026-02-12 00:00 23:23:54.06 +05:15:33.1 HIP 115524 19.83
2026-02-12 12:00 23:23:59.70 +05:16:03.0 HIP 115524 20.20
2026-02-13 00:00 23:24:05.37 +05:16:33.2 HIP 115524 20.67
2026-02-13 12:00 23:24:11.05 +05:17:03.6 HIP 115524 21.24
2026-02-14 00:00 23:24:16.76 +05:17:34.2 HIP 115524 21.90
2026-02-14 12:00 23:24:22.48 +05:18:05.1 HIP 115524 22.65
2026-02-15 00:00 23:24:28.22 +05:18:36.2 HIP 115524 23.48
2026-02-15 12:00 23:24:33.98 +05:19:07.5 HIP 115524 24.38
2026-02-16 00:00 23:24:39.76 +05:19:39.0 HIP 115524 25.34
2026-02-16 12:00 23:24:45.55 +05:20:10.8 HIP 115611 25.68
2026-02-17 00:00 23:24:51.37 +05:20:42.8 HIP 115611 25.87
2026-02-17 12:00 23:24:57.19 +05:21:15.0 HIP 115611 26.16
2026-02-18 00:00 23:25:03.04 +05:21:47.4 HIP 115611 26.53
2026-02-18 12:00 23:25:08.90 +05:22:20.1 HIP 115611 27.00
2026-02-19 00:00 23:25:14.77 +05:22:52.9 HIP 115611 27.55
2026-02-19 12:00 23:25:20.66 +05:23:26.0 HIP 115611 28.18
2026-02-20 00:00 23:25:26.56 +05:23:59.3 HIP 115611 28.88
2026-02-20 12:00 23:25:32.48 +05:24:32.7 HIP 115611 29.66
2026-02-21 00:00 23:25:38.41 +05:25:06.4 HIP 115611 30.50
2026-02-21 12:00 23:25:44.36 +05:25:40.3 HIP 115611 31.40
2026-02-22 00:00 23:25:50.32 +05:26:14.4 HIP 115611 32.36
2026-02-22 12:00 23:25:56.29 +05:26:48.7 HIP 115817 32.36
2026-02-23 00:00 23:26:02.27 +05:27:23.1 HIP 115817 30.79
2026-02-23 12:00 23:26:08.27 +05:27:57.8 HIP 115817 29.23
2026-02-24 00:00 23:26:14.27 +05:28:32.7 HIP 115817 27.67