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Type
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)
42514.0
April 12, 1975
Orbital inclination in deg
50.64840730503181
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
12.3680855249536
Arg of perihelion (deg)
261.3628382085391
Eccentricity
0.9997974850797962
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.0114738
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 22, 1975, 3:56 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
42646.16393
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
137
Arc length (days)
1270.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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