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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)
33902.0
Sept. 13, 1951
Orbital inclination in deg
152.5313394318703
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
76.89464095893662
Arg of perihelion (deg)
269.6221262975872
Eccentricity
0.9997751384857462
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.7403988
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 12, 1952, 10:44 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
34023.94741
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
36.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
23
Arc length (days)
222.00
Spectroscopy Details
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