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Type
Comet
Status
Not Following
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NEODSYS
UTC date
------------ Any 1.0m ------------
LSC 1.0m - W85-87; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 1.0m - V37,V39; (McDonald, Texas)
COJ 1.0m - Q63-64; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 1.0m - K91-93; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 1.0m - Z31,Z24; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 0.4m ------------
LSC 0.4m - W89,W79; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 0.4m - V38,V45,V47; (McDonald, Texas)
OGG 0.4m - T03-04; (Maui, Hawaii)
COJ 0.4m - Q58-59; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 0.4m - L09; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 0.4m - Z17,Z21; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 2.0m ------------
FTS 2.0m - E10; (Siding Spring, Aust.) [MuSCAT4]
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
29302.0
Feb. 8, 1939
Orbital inclination in deg
63.5263889552737
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
289.6090516894953
Arg of perihelion (deg)
169.0243755212348
Eccentricity
0.9954512374866702
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.7164845
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 6, 1939, 8:30 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
29300.85438
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
53
Arc length (days)
30.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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