C/1987 F1 (Torres)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/1987 F1 (Torres)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 1987-04-10T04:42:36.086400Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:29:33Z
Obs used 50
NEO -
M1 7.600
K1 10.000
PC -
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 1988-01-19.0000000
e 1.00120894
q (au) 3.624287
a (au) -2997.904748
i (deg) 124.078713
Ω (om, deg) 194.487430
ω (w, deg) 329.070992
M (ma, deg) 0.001704

Magnitude

C/1987 F1 (Torres) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (3.446 + 6.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 3.446
n 6.000
gf 1.000
gb -0.500
k 1.000
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)
2026-06-01 00:00 02:23:06.90 +62:08:27.2 HIP 11118 4.60
2026-06-01 12:00 02:23:10.05 +62:08:42.3 HIP 11118 4.42
2026-06-02 00:00 02:23:13.19 +62:08:57.5 HIP 11118 4.29
2026-06-02 12:00 02:23:16.31 +62:09:12.9 HIP 11118 4.19
2026-06-03 00:00 02:23:19.41 +62:09:28.3 HIP 11118 4.14
2026-06-03 12:00 02:23:22.50 +62:09:43.9 HIP 11118 4.13
2026-06-04 00:00 02:23:25.57 +62:09:59.6 HIP 11118 4.17
2026-06-04 12:00 02:23:28.62 +62:10:15.4 HIP 11118 4.25
2026-06-05 00:00 02:23:31.65 +62:10:31.3 HIP 11118 4.37
2026-06-05 12:00 02:23:34.67 +62:10:47.3 HIP 11118 4.53
2026-06-06 00:00 02:23:37.67 +62:11:03.4 HIP 11118 4.72
2026-06-06 12:00 02:23:40.65 +62:11:19.7 HIP 11118 4.94
2026-06-07 00:00 02:23:43.61 +62:11:36.0 HIP 11118 5.19
2026-06-07 12:00 02:23:46.55 +62:11:52.5 HIP 11118 5.45
2026-06-08 00:00 02:23:49.48 +62:12:09.0 HIP 11118 5.74
2026-06-08 12:00 02:23:52.38 +62:12:25.7 HIP 11118 6.04
2026-06-09 00:00 02:23:55.27 +62:12:42.4 HIP 11118 6.36
2026-06-09 12:00 02:23:58.14 +62:12:59.3 HIP 11118 6.69
2026-06-10 00:00 02:24:00.98 +62:13:16.2 HIP 11118 7.02
2026-06-10 12:00 02:24:03.81 +62:13:33.3 HIP 11118 7.37
2026-06-11 00:00 02:24:06.62 +62:13:50.4 HIP 11118 7.72
2026-06-11 12:00 02:24:09.40 +62:14:07.7 HIP 11118 8.08
2026-06-12 00:00 02:24:12.17 +62:14:25.1 HIP 11118 8.44
2026-06-12 12:00 02:24:14.91 +62:14:42.5 HIP 11118 8.80
2026-06-13 00:00 02:24:17.64 +62:15:00.0 HIP 11118 9.17
2026-06-13 12:00 02:24:20.34 +62:15:17.7 HIP 11118 9.55
2026-06-14 00:00 02:24:23.02 +62:15:35.4 HIP 11118 9.92
2026-06-14 12:00 02:24:25.68 +62:15:53.2 HIP 11118 10.30
2026-06-15 00:00 02:24:28.32 +62:16:11.1 HIP 11166 10.22
2026-06-15 12:00 02:24:30.94 +62:16:29.1 HIP 11166 10.13
2026-06-16 00:00 02:24:33.53 +62:16:47.1 HIP 11166 10.04
2026-06-16 12:00 02:24:36.10 +62:17:05.3 HIP 11166 9.98
2026-06-17 00:00 02:24:38.65 +62:17:23.5 HIP 11166 9.92
2026-06-17 12:00 02:24:41.18 +62:17:41.8 HIP 11166 9.89
2026-06-18 00:00 02:24:43.68 +62:18:00.2 HIP 11166 9.86
2026-06-18 12:00 02:24:46.16 +62:18:18.7 HIP 11166 9.85
2026-06-19 00:00 02:24:48.61 +62:18:37.3 HIP 11166 9.86
2026-06-19 12:00 02:24:51.04 +62:18:55.9 HIP 11254 9.62
2026-06-20 00:00 02:24:53.45 +62:19:14.6 HIP 11254 9.31
2026-06-20 12:00 02:24:55.84 +62:19:33.4 HIP 11254 9.00
2026-06-21 00:00 02:24:58.20 +62:19:52.2 HIP 11254 8.71
2026-06-21 12:00 02:25:00.53 +62:20:11.1 HIP 11254 8.42
2026-06-22 00:00 02:25:02.84 +62:20:30.1 HIP 11254 8.15