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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)
33750.0
April 14, 1951
Orbital inclination in deg
170.6540046812123
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
354.318293717468
Arg of perihelion (deg)
108.6626889346466
Eccentricity
1.000900942788971
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.6385039
Epoch of perihelion
July 11, 1950, 11:45 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
33473.99001
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
9
Arc length (days)
599.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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