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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)
33356.0
March 16, 1950
Orbital inclination in deg
130.2676031364743
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
120.6048724212804
Arg of perihelion (deg)
229.9683508655174
Eccentricity
0.9994596478027757
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.5174680
Epoch of perihelion
May 1, 1949, 3:57 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
33037.16476
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
20
Arc length (days)
934.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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