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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)
41431.0
April 24, 1972
Orbital inclination in deg
123.6926884485779
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
160.2990796844016
Arg of perihelion (deg)
257.6988907490442
Eccentricity
0.9981407981213753
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.9272182
Epoch of perihelion
March 27, 1972, 4:49 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
41403.70113
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
16.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
85
Arc length (days)
72.00
Spectroscopy Details
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