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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)
34723.0
Dec. 12, 1953
Orbital inclination in deg
13.57093059135179
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
115.2462503023451
Arg of perihelion (deg)
94.07294346079385
Eccentricity
0.9999966978142102
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.0723058
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 24, 1954, 4:04 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
34766.66980
Total Magnitude (M1)
None
Slope Parameter (k1)
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
8
Arc length (days)
18.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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