+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   C/2020 N1 (PANSTARRS) Classification: Hyperbolic Comet          SPK-ID: 1003702 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459155.5 (2020-Nov-02.0) TDB Reference: JPL 10 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e 1.000438147732024 6.793e-06   a -3014.312963448804 46.736 au q 1.320714388545961 2.1135e-06 au i 29.70370762469213 2.63e-05 deg node 279.9817072519792 6.6917e-05 deg peri 186.7729886499378 8.1381e-05 deg M -.0007756059032918327 1.8037e-05 deg tp 2459285.732549903141 (2021-Mar-12.23254990) 0.00033779 TDB period n/a n/a n/a n/a d yr n 5.955545705498977E-6 1.3851e-07 deg/d Q n/a n/a au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      677      data-arc span      209 days      first obs. used      2020-07-01      last obs. used      2021-01-26      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      norm. resid. RMS      .74864      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Jan-30 21:12:49   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .340501 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.25861 au  [ show covariance matrix ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes comet total magnitude M1 15.3   0.8 10 2 parameter fit from 582 observations, autocmod 2.8 comet total magnitude slope K1 4.5   n/a 10 autocmod 2.8 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters ] 2021-Mar-04 02:39 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin