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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)
39377.0
Sept. 9, 1966
Orbital inclination in deg
40.26453558158772
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
156.0516008126323
Arg of perihelion (deg)
154.4856930361624
Eccentricity
0.9994802490474537
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.3847688
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 28, 1966, 1:52 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
39426.07834
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
21.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
208
Arc length (days)
126.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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