514P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation 514P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
Type P
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2025-11-23T16:24:19.644480Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2026-03-14T17:50:16Z
Obs used 172
NEO -
M1 7.500
K1 22.500
PC -
Discovery observation (MPC, UTC) 2025-09-19T07:05:17.376000Z
Discovery magnitude (MPC) 19.90 G
Discovery observatory (MPC) W62 · Comet Hunter Observatory2, New Ringgold
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2022-06-01.0000000
e 0.35903203
q (au) 2.918667
a (au) 4.553530
i (deg) 6.499970
Ω (om, deg) 321.641424
ω (w, deg) 89.136768
M (ma, deg) 231.008591

Magnitude

514P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (15.090 + 2.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 15.090
n 2.000
gf 1.000
gb -0.796
k 0.998
δ90 10.000
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)
2026-03-26 00:00 03:57:15.31 +25:38:34.0 HIP 18491 21.61
2026-03-26 12:00 03:58:00.63 +25:39:52.3 HIP 18491 25.41
2026-03-27 00:00 03:58:46.06 +25:41:10.4 HIP 18623 24.04
2026-03-27 12:00 03:59:31.59 +25:42:28.3 HIP 18623 25.57
2026-03-28 00:00 04:00:17.23 +25:43:45.9 HIP 18815 24.98
2026-03-28 12:00 04:01:02.97 +25:45:03.2 HIP 18815 15.71
2026-03-29 00:00 04:01:48.80 +25:46:20.3 HIP 18815 9.20
2026-03-29 12:00 04:02:34.74 +25:47:37.0 HIP 18868 7.83
2026-03-30 00:00 04:03:20.78 +25:48:53.5 HIP 18868 10.85
2026-03-30 12:00 04:04:06.91 +25:50:09.7 HIP 18868 19.82
2026-03-31 00:00 04:04:53.14 +25:51:25.6 HIP 19182 25.68
2026-03-31 12:00 04:05:39.47 +25:52:41.1 HIP 19182 16.79
2026-04-01 00:00 04:06:25.89 +25:53:56.3 HIP 19182 11.17
2026-04-01 12:00 04:07:12.40 +25:55:11.2 HIP 19182 13.76
2026-04-02 00:00 04:07:59.01 +25:56:25.7 HIP 19341 9.75
2026-04-02 12:00 04:08:45.71 +25:57:39.9 HIP 19341 5.22
2026-04-03 00:00 04:09:32.51 +25:58:53.7 HIP 19341 13.54
2026-04-03 12:00 04:10:19.39 +26:00:07.1 HIP 19583 20.15
2026-04-04 00:00 04:11:06.36 +26:01:20.1 HIP 19583 9.84
2026-04-04 12:00 04:11:53.43 +26:02:32.8 HIP 19583 3.66
2026-04-05 00:00 04:12:40.58 +26:03:45.0 HIP 19637 2.77
2026-04-05 12:00 04:13:27.81 +26:04:56.9 HIP 19637 13.37
2026-04-06 00:00 04:14:15.14 +26:06:08.3 HIP 19803 23.24
2026-04-06 12:00 04:15:02.55 +26:07:19.3 HIP 19803 21.22
2026-04-07 00:00 04:15:50.05 +26:08:29.9 HIP 19947 17.38
2026-04-07 12:00 04:16:37.63 +26:09:40.0 HIP 19947 11.85
2026-04-08 00:00 04:17:25.29 +26:10:49.7 HIP 19947 14.47
2026-04-08 12:00 04:18:13.04 +26:11:58.9 HIP 20170 16.15
2026-04-09 00:00 04:19:00.86 +26:13:07.7 HIP 20170 5.39
2026-04-09 12:00 04:19:48.77 +26:14:16.0 HIP 20170 5.49
2026-04-10 00:00 04:20:36.76 +26:15:23.8 HIP 20170 16.28
2026-04-10 12:00 04:21:24.83 +26:16:31.1 HIP 20427 16.03
2026-04-11 00:00 04:22:12.98 +26:17:38.0 HIP 20427 5.37
2026-04-11 12:00 04:23:01.21 +26:18:44.3 HIP 20427 6.04
2026-04-12 00:00 04:23:49.51 +26:19:50.1 HIP 20427 16.75
2026-04-12 12:00 04:24:37.89 +26:20:55.4 HIP 20652 12.34
2026-04-13 00:00 04:25:26.35 +26:22:00.2 HIP 20652 4.57
2026-04-13 12:00 04:26:14.88 +26:23:04.4 HIP 20652 11.30
2026-04-14 00:00 04:27:03.48 +26:24:08.2 HIP 20652 21.77
2026-04-14 12:00 04:27:52.16 +26:25:11.3 HIP 20895 16.04
2026-04-15 00:00 04:28:40.91 +26:26:13.9 HIP 20895 13.02
2026-04-15 12:00 04:29:29.73 +26:27:16.0 HIP 20949 13.04
2026-04-16 00:00 04:30:18.62 +26:28:17.4 HIP 20949 16.09