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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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------------ 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)
31280.0
July 9, 1944
Orbital inclination in deg
95.0056
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
203.5003
Arg of perihelion (deg)
336.9741
Eccentricity
1.002085
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2259330
Epoch of perihelion
July 17, 1944, 2:43 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
31288.61330
Total Magnitude (M1)
None
Slope Parameter (k1)
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
25
Arc length (days)
436.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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