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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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------------ 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)
39448.0
Nov. 19, 1966
Orbital inclination in deg
9.07980814275576
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
75.70846385181407
Arg of perihelion (deg)
79.78545905017062
Eccentricity
1.000390185164211
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.4192093
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 20, 1967, 9:13 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
39510.88457
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
27.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
49
Arc length (days)
114.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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