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501P/Rankin

メタデータ

項目
Designation 501P/Rankin
Type P
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2020-12-10T08:39:13.299840Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2025-07-31T16:54:57Z
Obs used 98
NEO Yes
M1 21.900
K1 4.500
PC -
Discovery observation (MPC, UTC) 2024-06-15T10:13:37.545600Z
Discovery magnitude (MPC) 20.90 G
Discovery observatory (MPC) G96 · Mt. Lemmon Survey
オスキュレーティング軌道要素
項目
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2022-05-24.0000000
e 0.69572032
q (au) 0.680308
a (au) 2.235797
i (deg) 10.104448
Ω (om, deg) 140.492867
ω (w, deg) 52.799047
M (ma, deg) 156.147750

等級

501P/Rankin · Magnitude (Full range)

散乱 + 全体線形

$$ M_a = (20.000 + 6.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

モデル定数

項目
H0 20.000
n 6.000
gf 1.000
gb -0.852
k 0.990
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
2024-03-22 2024-07-29 -14.2233 +1.816

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 00:30:11.09 -04:48:34.6 HIP 2533 36.60
2026-02-03 12:00 00:30:33.07 -04:45:41.3 HIP 2482 32.27
2026-02-04 00:00 00:30:55.17 -04:42:47.5 HIP 2482 27.43
2026-02-04 12:00 00:31:17.38 -04:39:53.4 HIP 2482 23.25
2026-02-05 00:00 00:31:39.70 -04:36:58.9 HIP 2482 20.17
2026-02-05 12:00 00:32:02.13 -04:34:03.9 HIP 2482 18.76
2026-02-06 00:00 00:32:24.67 -04:31:08.6 HIP 2482 19.42
2026-02-06 12:00 00:32:47.32 -04:28:13.0 HIP 2482 21.99
2026-02-07 00:00 00:33:10.09 -04:25:16.9 HIP 2713 21.23
2026-02-07 12:00 00:33:32.96 -04:22:20.5 HIP 2713 17.60
2026-02-08 00:00 00:33:55.93 -04:19:23.8 HIP 2715 15.76
2026-02-08 12:00 00:34:19.02 -04:16:26.7 HIP 2715 16.37
2026-02-09 00:00 00:34:42.20 -04:13:29.2 HIP 2715 19.29
2026-02-09 12:00 00:35:05.50 -04:10:31.4 HIP 2715 23.68
2026-02-10 00:00 00:35:28.90 -04:07:33.3 HIP 2715 28.91
2026-02-10 12:00 00:35:52.40 -04:04:34.9 HIP 2762 30.51
2026-02-11 00:00 00:36:16.00 -04:01:36.1 HIP 2762 30.20
2026-02-11 12:00 00:36:39.70 -03:58:37.0 HIP 2762 31.33
2026-02-12 00:00 00:37:03.51 -03:55:37.7 HIP 2917 31.63
2026-02-12 12:00 00:37:27.41 -03:52:38.0 HIP 3082 26.40
2026-02-13 00:00 00:37:51.41 -03:49:38.1 HIP 3082 21.87
2026-02-13 12:00 00:38:15.51 -03:46:37.8 HIP 3082 18.68
2026-02-14 00:00 00:38:39.71 -03:43:37.3 HIP 3082 17.59
2026-02-14 12:00 00:39:04.00 -03:40:36.5 HIP 3082 19.00
2026-02-15 00:00 00:39:28.39 -03:37:35.5 HIP 3082 22.47
2026-02-15 12:00 00:39:52.87 -03:34:34.2 HIP 3082 27.23
2026-02-16 00:00 00:40:17.45 -03:31:32.6 HIP 3115 28.31
2026-02-16 12:00 00:40:42.11 -03:28:30.8 HIP 3115 28.42
2026-02-17 00:00 00:41:06.87 -03:25:28.8 HIP 3311 27.11
2026-02-17 12:00 00:41:31.72 -03:22:26.5 HIP 3311 21.30
2026-02-18 00:00 00:41:56.66 -03:19:24.0 HIP 3311 16.37
2026-02-18 12:00 00:42:21.69 -03:16:21.3 HIP 3311 13.33
2026-02-19 00:00 00:42:46.80 -03:13:18.4 HIP 3311 13.59
2026-02-19 12:00 00:43:12.00 -03:10:15.3 HIP 3435 10.97
2026-02-20 00:00 00:43:37.29 -03:07:12.1 HIP 3435 4.01
2026-02-20 12:00 00:44:02.66 -03:04:08.6 HIP 3435 3.21
2026-02-21 00:00 00:44:28.12 -03:01:04.9 HIP 3435 10.20
2026-02-21 12:00 00:44:53.66 -02:58:01.1 HIP 3435 17.26
2026-02-22 00:00 00:45:19.28 -02:54:57.1 HIP 3435 24.35
2026-02-22 12:00 00:45:44.98 -02:51:53.0 HIP 3435 31.46
2026-02-23 00:00 00:46:10.76 -02:48:48.7 HIP 3708 36.51
2026-02-23 12:00 00:46:36.62 -02:45:44.3 HIP 3708 30.41
2026-02-24 00:00 00:47:02.56 -02:42:39.7 HIP 3708 24.87