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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)
34232.0
Aug. 8, 1952
Orbital inclination in deg
45.55273790640106
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
188.6437430647338
Arg of perihelion (deg)
96.58408183176527
Eccentricity
0.99975207619408
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.2019365
Epoch of perihelion
July 15, 1952, 6:06 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
34208.25444
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
57.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
30
Arc length (days)
150.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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