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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)
42849.0
March 12, 1976
Orbital inclination in deg
147.7782128671691
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
70.21344162766987
Arg of perihelion (deg)
221.7657753131531
Eccentricity
0.9998706957617283
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.6782929
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 25, 1976, 1:22 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
42833.05710
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
12
Arc length (days)
24.00
Spectroscopy Details
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