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C/2021 C3 (Catalina)

メタデータ

項目
Designation C/2021 C3 (Catalina)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2021-02-12T10:38:30.753600Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2024-06-21T13:42:16Z
Obs used 363
NEO -
M1 16.100
K1 4.500
PC -
Discovery observation (MPC, UTC) 2021-02-07T11:02:01.017600Z
Discovery magnitude (MPC) 19.15 G
Discovery observatory (MPC) 703 · Catalina Sky Survey
オスキュレーティング軌道要素
項目
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2021-03-28.0000000
e 0.96405640
q (au) 2.276500
a (au) 63.335351
i (deg) 122.161615
Ω (om, deg) 181.919832
ω (w, deg) 357.151666
M (ma, deg) 0.085170

等級

C/2021 C3 (Catalina) · Magnitude (Full range)

散乱 + 全体線形

$$ M_a = (17.520 + 2.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

モデル定数

項目
H0 17.520
n 2.000
gf 1.000
gb -0.650
k 0.800
δ90 10.000
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
2021-02-13 2021-06-09 -16.5522 +5.942

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 00:27:54.29 +45:30:36.6 HIP 1978 31.65
2026-02-03 12:00 00:28:00.70 +45:29:32.1 HIP 2285 32.31
2026-02-04 00:00 00:28:07.17 +45:28:28.3 HIP 2285 30.89
2026-02-04 12:00 00:28:13.70 +45:27:25.3 HIP 2285 29.51
2026-02-05 00:00 00:28:20.30 +45:26:23.0 HIP 2285 28.14
2026-02-05 12:00 00:28:26.96 +45:25:21.6 HIP 2285 26.81
2026-02-06 00:00 00:28:33.68 +45:24:20.8 HIP 2285 25.51
2026-02-06 12:00 00:28:40.47 +45:23:20.9 HIP 2285 24.25
2026-02-07 00:00 00:28:47.31 +45:22:21.7 HIP 2285 23.04
2026-02-07 12:00 00:28:54.22 +45:21:23.3 HIP 2285 21.89
2026-02-08 00:00 00:29:01.19 +45:20:25.7 HIP 2285 20.80
2026-02-08 12:00 00:29:08.21 +45:19:28.8 HIP 2285 19.78
2026-02-09 00:00 00:29:15.30 +45:18:32.7 HIP 2285 18.86
2026-02-09 12:00 00:29:22.44 +45:17:37.4 HIP 2285 18.03
2026-02-10 00:00 00:29:29.64 +45:16:42.8 HIP 2341 16.91
2026-02-10 12:00 00:29:36.90 +45:15:49.1 HIP 2341 15.74
2026-02-11 00:00 00:29:44.22 +45:14:56.1 HIP 2341 14.66
2026-02-11 12:00 00:29:51.59 +45:14:03.8 HIP 2341 13.69
2026-02-12 00:00 00:29:59.02 +45:13:12.4 HIP 2341 12.84
2026-02-12 12:00 00:30:06.50 +45:12:21.7 HIP 2341 12.16
2026-02-13 00:00 00:30:14.03 +45:11:31.8 HIP 2341 11.66
2026-02-13 12:00 00:30:21.62 +45:10:42.7 HIP 2341 11.37
2026-02-14 00:00 00:30:29.26 +45:09:54.4 HIP 2341 11.32
2026-02-14 12:00 00:30:36.96 +45:09:06.8 HIP 2341 11.49
2026-02-15 00:00 00:30:44.70 +45:08:20.1 HIP 2341 11.89
2026-02-15 12:00 00:30:52.50 +45:07:34.1 HIP 2341 12.49
2026-02-16 00:00 00:31:00.35 +45:06:48.8 HIP 2341 13.27
2026-02-16 12:00 00:31:08.24 +45:06:04.4 HIP 2341 14.20
2026-02-17 00:00 00:31:16.19 +45:05:20.7 HIP 2341 15.24
2026-02-17 12:00 00:31:24.19 +45:04:37.9 HIP 2341 16.38
2026-02-18 00:00 00:31:32.23 +45:03:55.7 HIP 2341 17.61
2026-02-18 12:00 00:31:40.32 +45:03:14.4 HIP 2341 18.90
2026-02-19 00:00 00:31:48.45 +45:02:33.8 HIP 2341 20.24
2026-02-19 12:00 00:31:56.63 +45:01:54.1 HIP 2600 21.40
2026-02-20 00:00 00:32:04.86 +45:01:15.1 HIP 2600 20.10
2026-02-20 12:00 00:32:13.13 +45:00:36.8 HIP 2600 18.84
2026-02-21 00:00 00:32:21.44 +44:59:59.4 HIP 2600 17.65
2026-02-21 12:00 00:32:29.80 +44:59:22.7 HIP 2600 16.53
2026-02-22 00:00 00:32:38.20 +44:58:46.7 HIP 2600 15.51
2026-02-22 12:00 00:32:46.64 +44:58:11.6 HIP 2600 14.61
2026-02-23 00:00 00:32:55.12 +44:57:37.2 HIP 2600 13.85
2026-02-23 12:00 00:33:03.64 +44:57:03.6 HIP 2600 13.25
2026-02-24 00:00 00:33:12.21 +44:56:30.7 HIP 2600 12.85