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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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)
40621.0
Feb. 4, 1970
Orbital inclination in deg
100.1828069273288
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
30.59603398381701
Arg of perihelion (deg)
266.6487293148169
Eccentricity
1.000019131986975
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.0657458
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 15, 1970, 7:19 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
40632.80500
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
31.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
32
Arc length (days)
12.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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