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P/2019 X1 (Pruyne)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation P/2019 X1 (Pruyne)
Type P
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2019-07-22T09:51:42.183360Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-05-31T22:43:04Z
Obs used 137
NEO -
M1 10.500
K1 10.000
PC -
Discovery observation (MPC, UTC) 2019-12-02T08:46:47.712000Z
Discovery magnitude (MPC) 19.40 G
Discovery observatory (MPC) G96 · Mt. Lemmon Survey
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2019-05-31.0000000
e 0.30260697
q (au) 4.305513
a (au) 6.173725
i (deg) 10.246545
Ω (om, deg) 43.727710
ω (w, deg) 36.929270
M (ma, deg) 356.632521

Magnitude

P/2019 X1 (Pruyne) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (16.132 + 2.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 16.132
n 2.000
gf 0.969
gb -0.701
k 0.800
δ90 9.739
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 16:37:20.49 -25:42:33.3 HIP 81265 27.96
2026-02-03 12:00 16:37:32.16 -25:43:18.0 HIP 81265 30.38
2026-02-04 00:00 16:37:43.73 -25:44:02.5 HIP 81265 32.84
2026-02-04 12:00 16:37:55.20 -25:44:46.9 HIP 81265 35.31
2026-02-05 00:00 16:38:06.57 -25:45:31.1 HIP 81265 37.79
2026-02-05 12:00 16:38:17.84 -25:46:15.1 HIP 81265 40.27
2026-02-06 00:00 16:38:29.01 -25:46:59.0 HIP 81621 39.93
2026-02-06 12:00 16:38:40.07 -25:47:42.7 HIP 81621 37.92
2026-02-07 00:00 16:38:51.02 -25:48:26.2 HIP 81621 35.99
2026-02-07 12:00 16:39:01.87 -25:49:09.6 HIP 81621 34.16
2026-02-08 00:00 16:39:12.62 -25:49:52.9 HIP 81621 32.44
2026-02-08 12:00 16:39:23.26 -25:50:35.9 HIP 81621 30.85
2026-02-09 00:00 16:39:33.79 -25:51:18.8 HIP 81621 29.38
2026-02-09 12:00 16:39:44.21 -25:52:01.5 HIP 81621 28.07
2026-02-10 00:00 16:39:54.53 -25:52:44.1 HIP 81621 26.92
2026-02-10 12:00 16:40:04.73 -25:53:26.5 HIP 81621 25.96
2026-02-11 00:00 16:40:14.83 -25:54:08.7 HIP 81621 25.19
2026-02-11 12:00 16:40:24.81 -25:54:50.8 HIP 81621 24.62
2026-02-12 00:00 16:40:34.69 -25:55:32.7 HIP 81621 24.27
2026-02-12 12:00 16:40:44.45 -25:56:14.4 HIP 81621 24.13
2026-02-13 00:00 16:40:54.09 -25:56:56.0 HIP 81621 24.20
2026-02-13 12:00 16:41:03.63 -25:57:37.4 HIP 81621 24.47
2026-02-14 00:00 16:41:13.05 -25:58:18.6 HIP 81621 24.94
2026-02-14 12:00 16:41:22.35 -25:58:59.7 HIP 81621 25.57
2026-02-15 00:00 16:41:31.54 -25:59:40.6 HIP 81621 26.36
2026-02-15 12:00 16:41:40.61 -26:00:21.3 HIP 81621 27.28
2026-02-16 00:00 16:41:49.56 -26:01:01.8 HIP 81621 28.32
2026-02-16 12:00 16:41:58.40 -26:01:42.2 HIP 81621 29.45
2026-02-17 00:00 16:42:07.12 -26:02:22.4 HIP 81851 28.33
2026-02-17 12:00 16:42:15.71 -26:03:02.4 HIP 81851 26.89
2026-02-18 00:00 16:42:24.19 -26:03:42.3 HIP 81851 25.53
2026-02-18 12:00 16:42:32.55 -26:04:22.0 HIP 81851 24.29
2026-02-19 00:00 16:42:40.79 -26:05:01.5 HIP 81851 23.15
2026-02-19 12:00 16:42:48.90 -26:05:40.9 HIP 81851 22.14
2026-02-20 00:00 16:42:56.89 -26:06:20.0 HIP 81851 21.26
2026-02-20 12:00 16:43:04.76 -26:06:59.0 HIP 81851 20.53
2026-02-21 00:00 16:43:12.51 -26:07:37.8 HIP 81950 19.55
2026-02-21 12:00 16:43:20.13 -26:08:16.5 HIP 81950 17.80
2026-02-22 00:00 16:43:27.63 -26:08:54.9 HIP 81950 16.10
2026-02-22 12:00 16:43:35.00 -26:09:33.2 HIP 81950 14.45
2026-02-23 00:00 16:43:42.25 -26:10:11.4 HIP 81950 12.85
2026-02-23 12:00 16:43:49.37 -26:10:49.3 HIP 81950 11.31
2026-02-24 00:00 16:43:56.36 -26:11:27.1 HIP 81950 9.86