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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)
39381.0
Sept. 13, 1966
Orbital inclination in deg
28.70761554007354
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
167.6893187192733
Arg of perihelion (deg)
136.1659605826667
Eccentricity
0.9981100105532956
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.0187413
Epoch of perihelion
April 17, 1966, 6:42 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
39232.77969
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
28.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
90
Arc length (days)
91.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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