P/2010 T2 (PANSTARRS)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation P/2010 T2 (PANSTARRS)
Type P
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2011-07-09T19:48:58.587840Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:31:46Z
Obs used 33
NEO -
M1 7.300
K1 17.500
PC 0.030
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2010-11-12.0000000
e 0.32322085
q (au) 3.753596
a (au) 5.546265
i (deg) 8.010784
Ω (om, deg) 59.649297
ω (w, deg) 355.941770
M (ma, deg) 341.903321

Magnitude

P/2010 T2 (PANSTARRS) · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (7.674 + 6.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 7.674
n 6.000
gf 0.999
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)
2026-09-20 00:00 10:53:04.68 +14:19:06.0 HIP 53202 25.47
2026-09-20 12:00 10:53:28.10 +14:16:53.3 HIP 53202 28.81
2026-09-21 00:00 10:53:51.50 +14:14:40.9 HIP 53265 31.96
2026-09-21 12:00 10:54:14.85 +14:12:28.8 HIP 53265 30.93
2026-09-22 00:00 10:54:38.17 +14:10:17.1 HIP 53265 31.09
2026-09-22 12:00 10:55:01.44 +14:08:05.7 HIP 53265 32.40
2026-09-23 00:00 10:55:24.68 +14:05:54.6 HIP 53265 34.73
2026-09-23 12:00 10:55:47.88 +14:03:43.9 HIP 53505 33.17
2026-09-24 00:00 10:56:11.04 +14:01:33.5 HIP 53505 29.18
2026-09-24 12:00 10:56:34.16 +13:59:23.4 HIP 53505 25.98
2026-09-25 00:00 10:56:57.23 +13:57:13.7 HIP 53505 23.90
2026-09-25 12:00 10:57:20.27 +13:55:04.3 HIP 53505 23.24
2026-09-26 00:00 10:57:43.26 +13:52:55.3 HIP 53505 24.09
2026-09-26 12:00 10:58:06.21 +13:50:46.6 HIP 53505 26.31
2026-09-27 00:00 10:58:29.12 +13:48:38.4 HIP 53505 29.59
2026-09-27 12:00 10:58:51.99 +13:46:30.4 HIP 53632 30.59
2026-09-28 00:00 10:59:14.81 +13:44:22.9 HIP 53632 30.59
2026-09-28 12:00 10:59:37.58 +13:42:15.7 HIP 53632 31.72
2026-09-29 00:00 11:00:00.32 +13:40:08.9 HIP 53929 30.75
2026-09-29 12:00 11:00:23.00 +13:38:02.5 HIP 53929 25.45
2026-09-30 00:00 11:00:45.64 +13:35:56.4 HIP 53929 20.50
2026-09-30 12:00 11:01:08.24 +13:33:50.8 HIP 53929 16.18
2026-10-01 00:00 11:01:30.78 +13:31:45.6 HIP 53929 13.14
2026-10-01 12:00 11:01:53.28 +13:29:40.7 HIP 53929 12.34
2026-10-02 00:00 11:02:15.73 +13:27:36.3 HIP 53929 14.14
2026-10-02 12:00 11:02:38.14 +13:25:32.3 HIP 53929 17.76
2026-10-03 00:00 11:03:00.49 +13:23:28.6 HIP 54034 14.32
2026-10-03 12:00 11:03:22.79 +13:21:25.5 HIP 54034 11.53
2026-10-04 00:00 11:03:45.04 +13:19:22.7 HIP 54034 11.33
2026-10-04 12:00 11:04:07.25 +13:17:20.4 HIP 54034 13.80
2026-10-05 00:00 11:04:29.40 +13:15:18.5 HIP 54034 17.86
2026-10-05 12:00 11:04:51.49 +13:13:17.0 HIP 54034 22.66
2026-10-06 00:00 11:05:13.54 +13:11:16.0 HIP 54034 27.80
2026-10-06 12:00 11:05:35.53 +13:09:15.5 HIP 54370 28.30
2026-10-07 00:00 11:05:57.46 +13:07:15.4 HIP 54370 22.61
2026-10-07 12:00 11:06:19.34 +13:05:15.7 HIP 54370 16.94
2026-10-08 00:00 11:06:41.17 +13:03:16.6 HIP 54370 11.30
2026-10-08 12:00 11:07:02.93 +13:01:17.9 HIP 54370 5.75
2026-10-09 00:00 11:07:24.64 +12:59:19.7 HIP 54370 1.54
2026-10-09 12:00 11:07:46.29 +12:57:22.0 HIP 54370 5.94
2026-10-10 00:00 11:08:07.89 +12:55:24.8 HIP 54370 11.45
2026-10-10 12:00 11:08:29.42 +12:53:28.1 HIP 54370 17.01
2026-10-11 00:00 11:08:50.89 +12:51:31.8 HIP 54370 22.57