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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)
35335.0
Aug. 16, 1955
Orbital inclination in deg
50.03395733633639
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
303.4661331737803
Arg of perihelion (deg)
13.21623933044397
Eccentricity
0.9942486177853214
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.4274516
Epoch of perihelion
July 11, 1955, 12:59 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
35299.54146
Total Magnitude (M1)
None
Slope Parameter (k1)
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
28
Arc length (days)
132.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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