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C/2020 U4 (PANSTARRS)

メタデータ

項目
Designation C/2020 U4 (PANSTARRS)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2022-04-08T01:08:57.566400Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2024-10-05T23:12:23Z
Obs used 921
NEO -
M1 5.700
K1 12.500
PC 0.030
Discovery observation (MPC, UTC) 2020-10-22T13:20:36.067200Z
Discovery magnitude (MPC) 20.20 w
Discovery observatory (MPC) F51 · Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala
オスキュレーティング軌道要素
項目
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2022-05-31.0000000
e 1.00130917
q (au) 5.353691
a (au) -4089.389408
i (deg) 167.035866
Ω (om, deg) 120.013777
ω (w, deg) 69.541084
M (ma, deg) 0.000200

等級

C/2020 U4 (PANSTARRS) · Magnitude (Full range)

散乱 + 全体線形

$$ M_a = (8.341 + 5.142\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

モデル定数

項目
H0 8.341
n 5.142
gf 0.955
gb -0.733
k 0.800
δ90 9.550
パラメータ 記号 範囲 説明
太陽・地球距離が1 AUのときの絶対等級 H0 -5 to 20 彗星の固有の明るさ
測光スロープパラメータ n 2 to 6 太陽距離に対する明るさ変化率
前方散乱非対称係数 gf 0.8 to 1 前方散乱の強さ
後方散乱非対称係数 gb -1 to -0.5 後方散乱の強さ
分配係数 k 0.8 to 1 前方/後方散乱の寄与比
ダスト/ガス明るさ比 δ90 1 to 10 ダスト散乱とガス放射の相対寄与

参考: EPSC-DPS2025-160

残差 (区間線形)

$$\epsilon = a \log_{10} r_{\mathrm{au}} + b$$

開始日 (UTC) 終了日 (UTC) a b
2019-11-09 2021-01-18 +7.7109 -6.501
2021-01-18 2022-03-24 -6.4322 +4.665
2022-07-24 2024-09-11 -0.0037 +0.097

log10 r = log10(太陽距離/AU)、Δ = 地球距離(AU)

天体暦

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-02-03 00:00 21:18:37.86 -11:39:21.1 HIP 105189 36.61
2026-02-03 12:00 21:18:45.03 -11:38:58.2 HIP 105387 35.33
2026-02-04 00:00 21:18:52.20 -11:38:35.2 HIP 105387 33.63
2026-02-04 12:00 21:18:59.36 -11:38:12.1 HIP 105387 31.94
2026-02-05 00:00 21:19:06.53 -11:37:48.8 HIP 105387 30.26
2026-02-05 12:00 21:19:13.70 -11:37:25.5 HIP 105387 28.59
2026-02-06 00:00 21:19:20.86 -11:37:02.0 HIP 105387 26.94
2026-02-06 12:00 21:19:28.02 -11:36:38.5 HIP 105387 25.30
2026-02-07 00:00 21:19:35.18 -11:36:14.9 HIP 105387 23.70
2026-02-07 12:00 21:19:42.34 -11:35:51.2 HIP 105387 22.12
2026-02-08 00:00 21:19:49.49 -11:35:27.4 HIP 105387 20.57
2026-02-08 12:00 21:19:56.63 -11:35:03.5 HIP 105387 19.07
2026-02-09 00:00 21:20:03.77 -11:34:39.5 HIP 105387 17.63
2026-02-09 12:00 21:20:10.90 -11:34:15.4 HIP 105387 16.25
2026-02-10 00:00 21:20:18.03 -11:33:51.3 HIP 105387 14.97
2026-02-10 12:00 21:20:25.14 -11:33:27.1 HIP 105387 13.79
2026-02-11 00:00 21:20:32.25 -11:33:02.8 HIP 105387 12.76
2026-02-11 12:00 21:20:39.35 -11:32:38.5 HIP 105387 11.91
2026-02-12 00:00 21:20:46.44 -11:32:14.1 HIP 105387 11.28
2026-02-12 12:00 21:20:53.53 -11:31:49.6 HIP 105451 9.98
2026-02-13 00:00 21:21:00.60 -11:31:25.1 HIP 105451 8.25
2026-02-13 12:00 21:21:07.65 -11:31:00.6 HIP 105451 6.55
2026-02-14 00:00 21:21:14.70 -11:30:36.0 HIP 105451 4.91
2026-02-14 12:00 21:21:21.73 -11:30:11.3 HIP 105451 3.41
2026-02-15 00:00 21:21:28.75 -11:29:46.6 HIP 105451 2.31
2026-02-15 12:00 21:21:35.76 -11:29:21.9 HIP 105451 2.31
2026-02-16 00:00 21:21:42.75 -11:28:57.1 HIP 105451 3.40
2026-02-16 12:00 21:21:49.73 -11:28:32.3 HIP 105451 4.89
2026-02-17 00:00 21:21:56.69 -11:28:07.4 HIP 105451 6.51
2026-02-17 12:00 21:22:03.63 -11:27:42.6 HIP 105451 8.19
2026-02-18 00:00 21:22:10.56 -11:27:17.7 HIP 105451 9.88
2026-02-18 12:00 21:22:17.47 -11:26:52.8 HIP 105451 11.59
2026-02-19 00:00 21:22:24.36 -11:26:27.9 HIP 105451 13.30
2026-02-19 12:00 21:22:31.23 -11:26:03.0 HIP 105451 15.02
2026-02-20 00:00 21:22:38.08 -11:25:38.0 HIP 105451 16.73
2026-02-20 12:00 21:22:44.92 -11:25:13.1 HIP 105451 18.44
2026-02-21 00:00 21:22:51.73 -11:24:48.2 HIP 105451 20.15
2026-02-21 12:00 21:22:58.51 -11:24:23.2 HIP 105451 21.85
2026-02-22 00:00 21:23:05.28 -11:23:58.3 HIP 105451 23.56
2026-02-22 12:00 21:23:12.02 -11:23:33.4 HIP 105451 25.25
2026-02-23 00:00 21:23:18.74 -11:23:08.5 HIP 105451 26.94
2026-02-23 12:00 21:23:25.44 -11:22:43.6 HIP 105451 28.63
2026-02-24 00:00 21:23:32.11 -11:22:18.8 HIP 105451 30.31