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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)
39993.0
May 17, 1968
Orbital inclination in deg
102.170260827142
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
233.108209359396
Arg of perihelion (deg)
50.44671601819015
Eccentricity
0.996216152871532
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.6803766
Epoch of perihelion
May 16, 1968, 6:29 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
39992.27069
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
35
Arc length (days)
32.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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