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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)
42157.0
April 20, 1974
Orbital inclination in deg
61.28458066033681
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
143.7330563370631
Arg of perihelion (deg)
333.1332853858808
Eccentricity
0.999734032997065
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.5031900
Epoch of perihelion
March 18, 1974, 8:33 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
42124.35638
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
173
Arc length (days)
277.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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