C/2018 W2 (Africano)

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항목
Designation C/2018 W2 (Africano)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2019-09-05T17:29:59.596800Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-08-24T14:05:51Z
Obs used 1995
NEO -
M1 13.400
K1 4.500
PC -
Discovery observation (MPC, UTC) 2018-11-27T12:43:12.864000Z
Discovery magnitude (MPC) 18.30 G
Discovery observatory (MPC) G96 · University of Arizona Mt. Lemmon Survey
Osculating 궤도요소
항목
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2019-07-27.0000000
e 1.00075966
q (au) 1.454668
a (au) -1914.899581
i (deg) 116.615771
Ω (om, deg) 181.849455
ω (w, deg) 157.972854
M (ma, deg) -0.000479

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C/2018 W2 (Africano) · Magnitude (Full range)

산란 + 전체 선형

$$ M_a = (13.119 + 2.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

모델 상수

항목
H0 13.119
n 2.000
gf 0.994
gb -0.500
k 0.800
δ90 1.652
파라미터 기호 범위 설명
태양·지구거리 1 AU에서의 절대등급 H0 -5 to 20 혜성의 고유 밝기
광도 기울기 파라미터 n 2 to 6 태양거리 변화에 따른 밝기 변화율
전방 산란 비대칭 계수 gf 0.8 to 1 전방 산란의 강도
후방 산란 비대칭 계수 gb -1 to -0.5 후방 산란의 강도
분할 계수 k 0.8 to 1 전·후방 산란 기여도 비율
먼지/가스 밝기 비 δ90 1 to 10 코마에서 먼지 산란 대비 가스 방출의 상대 기여

참고: EPSC-DPS2025-160

잔차 (구간 선형)

$$\epsilon = a \log_{10} r_{\mathrm{au}} + b$$

시작일 (UTC) 끝 (UTC) a b
2018-08-24 2018-12-01 -96.0365 +55.664
2018-12-01 2019-09-05 +4.8869 -2.512
2019-09-05 2020-06-15 -2.6714 +0.118

log10 r = log10(태양거리/AU), Δ = 지구거리(AU)

천체력

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-07-29 00:00 12:08:28.99 -52:51:49.5 HIP 59172 7.62
2026-07-29 12:00 12:08:34.26 -52:50:54.8 HIP 59172 8.81
2026-07-30 00:00 12:08:39.57 -52:50:00.7 HIP 59172 10.00
2026-07-30 12:00 12:08:44.95 -52:49:07.0 HIP 59172 11.19
2026-07-31 00:00 12:08:50.38 -52:48:13.9 HIP 59172 12.39
2026-07-31 12:00 12:08:55.86 -52:47:21.4 HIP 59186 13.26
2026-08-01 00:00 12:09:01.40 -52:46:29.4 HIP 59186 12.90
2026-08-01 12:00 12:09:07.00 -52:45:37.9 HIP 59186 12.65
2026-08-02 00:00 12:09:12.65 -52:44:46.9 HIP 59186 12.53
2026-08-02 12:00 12:09:18.35 -52:43:56.5 HIP 59186 12.54
2026-08-03 00:00 12:09:24.11 -52:43:06.6 HIP 59186 12.67
2026-08-03 12:00 12:09:29.92 -52:42:17.3 HIP 59186 12.93
2026-08-04 00:00 12:09:35.78 -52:41:28.6 HIP 59186 13.31
2026-08-04 12:00 12:09:41.69 -52:40:40.3 HIP 59186 13.79
2026-08-05 00:00 12:09:47.66 -52:39:52.7 HIP 59186 14.36
2026-08-05 12:00 12:09:53.67 -52:39:05.5 HIP 59186 15.03
2026-08-06 00:00 12:09:59.74 -52:38:19.0 HIP 59186 15.76
2026-08-06 12:00 12:10:05.86 -52:37:33.0 HIP 59186 16.56
2026-08-07 00:00 12:10:12.03 -52:36:47.5 HIP 59186 17.42
2026-08-07 12:00 12:10:18.24 -52:36:02.6 HIP 59186 18.32
2026-08-08 00:00 12:10:24.51 -52:35:18.3 HIP 59449 17.42
2026-08-08 12:00 12:10:30.83 -52:34:34.5 HIP 59449 16.24
2026-08-09 00:00 12:10:37.19 -52:33:51.3 HIP 59449 15.07
2026-08-09 12:00 12:10:43.60 -52:33:08.7 HIP 59449 13.91
2026-08-10 00:00 12:10:50.06 -52:32:26.6 HIP 59449 12.76
2026-08-10 12:00 12:10:56.57 -52:31:45.1 HIP 59449 11.63
2026-08-11 00:00 12:11:03.12 -52:31:04.2 HIP 59449 10.51
2026-08-11 12:00 12:11:09.72 -52:30:23.9 HIP 59449 9.43
2026-08-12 00:00 12:11:16.37 -52:29:44.1 HIP 59449 8.38
2026-08-12 12:00 12:11:23.06 -52:29:04.9 HIP 59449 7.40
2026-08-13 00:00 12:11:29.80 -52:28:26.3 HIP 59449 6.49
2026-08-13 12:00 12:11:36.57 -52:27:48.2 HIP 59449 5.71
2026-08-14 00:00 12:11:43.40 -52:27:10.8 HIP 59449 5.12
2026-08-14 12:00 12:11:50.26 -52:26:33.9 HIP 59449 4.77
2026-08-15 00:00 12:11:57.17 -52:25:57.6 HIP 59449 4.74
2026-08-15 12:00 12:12:04.12 -52:25:21.9 HIP 59449 5.01
2026-08-16 00:00 12:12:11.11 -52:24:46.8 HIP 59449 5.56
2026-08-16 12:00 12:12:18.15 -52:24:12.3 HIP 59449 6.31
2026-08-17 00:00 12:12:25.22 -52:23:38.3 HIP 59449 7.20
2026-08-17 12:00 12:12:32.33 -52:23:05.0 HIP 59449 8.18
2026-08-18 00:00 12:12:39.49 -52:22:32.2 HIP 59449 9.22
2026-08-18 12:00 12:12:46.68 -52:22:00.0 HIP 59449 10.31
2026-08-19 00:00 12:12:53.91 -52:21:28.4 HIP 59449 11.43