C/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 1948-10-27T10:14:33.031680Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:29:09Z
Obs used 17
NEO -
M1 -
K1 -
PC -
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 1949-01-10.0000000
e 0.99991400
q (au) 0.135439
a (au) 1574.787178
i (deg) 23.116272
Ω (om, deg) 211.042719
ω (w, deg) 107.249362
M (ma, deg) 0.001176

Magnitude

C/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (4.919 + 4.296\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 4.919
n 4.296
gf 0.800
gb -0.500
k 1.000
δ90 1.000
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)
2026-09-20 00:00 08:46:50.58 -05:14:02.5 HIP 43284 33.02
2026-09-20 12:00 08:46:51.32 -05:14:10.4 HIP 43284 32.83
2026-09-21 00:00 08:46:52.06 -05:14:18.3 HIP 43284 32.65
2026-09-21 12:00 08:46:52.79 -05:14:26.2 HIP 43284 32.47
2026-09-22 00:00 08:46:53.51 -05:14:34.1 HIP 43284 32.29
2026-09-22 12:00 08:46:54.22 -05:14:42.0 HIP 43284 32.11
2026-09-23 00:00 08:46:54.92 -05:14:50.0 HIP 43284 31.94
2026-09-23 12:00 08:46:55.62 -05:14:57.9 HIP 43284 31.77
2026-09-24 00:00 08:46:56.31 -05:15:05.9 HIP 43284 31.60
2026-09-24 12:00 08:46:57.00 -05:15:13.9 HIP 43284 31.43
2026-09-25 00:00 08:46:57.67 -05:15:21.8 HIP 43284 31.27
2026-09-25 12:00 08:46:58.34 -05:15:29.8 HIP 43284 31.11
2026-09-26 00:00 08:46:59.00 -05:15:37.8 HIP 43284 30.95
2026-09-26 12:00 08:46:59.66 -05:15:45.8 HIP 43284 30.79
2026-09-27 00:00 08:47:00.30 -05:15:53.8 HIP 43284 30.64
2026-09-27 12:00 08:47:00.94 -05:16:01.8 HIP 43284 30.48
2026-09-28 00:00 08:47:01.57 -05:16:09.8 HIP 43284 30.33
2026-09-28 12:00 08:47:02.20 -05:16:17.8 HIP 43284 30.19
2026-09-29 00:00 08:47:02.81 -05:16:25.9 HIP 43284 30.04
2026-09-29 12:00 08:47:03.42 -05:16:33.9 HIP 43284 29.90
2026-09-30 00:00 08:47:04.02 -05:16:41.9 HIP 43284 29.76
2026-09-30 12:00 08:47:04.61 -05:16:49.9 HIP 43284 29.63
2026-10-01 00:00 08:47:05.19 -05:16:58.0 HIP 43284 29.49
2026-10-01 12:00 08:47:05.77 -05:17:06.0 HIP 43284 29.36
2026-10-02 00:00 08:47:06.33 -05:17:14.0 HIP 43284 29.24
2026-10-02 12:00 08:47:06.89 -05:17:22.1 HIP 43284 29.11
2026-10-03 00:00 08:47:07.45 -05:17:30.1 HIP 43284 28.99
2026-10-03 12:00 08:47:07.99 -05:17:38.1 HIP 43284 28.87
2026-10-04 00:00 08:47:08.52 -05:17:46.2 HIP 43284 28.75
2026-10-04 12:00 08:47:09.05 -05:17:54.2 HIP 43284 28.64
2026-10-05 00:00 08:47:09.57 -05:18:02.2 HIP 43284 28.53
2026-10-05 12:00 08:47:10.08 -05:18:10.3 HIP 43284 28.42
2026-10-06 00:00 08:47:10.58 -05:18:18.3 HIP 43284 28.31
2026-10-06 12:00 08:47:11.07 -05:18:26.3 HIP 43284 28.21
2026-10-07 00:00 08:47:11.55 -05:18:34.3 HIP 43284 28.11
2026-10-07 12:00 08:47:12.03 -05:18:42.3 HIP 43284 28.01
2026-10-08 00:00 08:47:12.49 -05:18:50.3 HIP 43284 27.92
2026-10-08 12:00 08:47:12.95 -05:18:58.3 HIP 43284 27.83
2026-10-09 00:00 08:47:13.40 -05:19:06.3 HIP 43284 27.74
2026-10-09 12:00 08:47:13.84 -05:19:14.3 HIP 43284 27.66
2026-10-10 00:00 08:47:14.27 -05:19:22.2 HIP 43284 27.57
2026-10-10 12:00 08:47:14.69 -05:19:30.2 HIP 43284 27.49
2026-10-11 00:00 08:47:15.11 -05:19:38.1 HIP 43284 27.42