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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)
43513.0
Jan. 5, 1978
Orbital inclination in deg
168.5487062776265
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
5.287759966069846
Arg of perihelion (deg)
318.178421260125
Eccentricity
0.9993960687653127
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.6031888
Epoch of perihelion
July 24, 1977, 8:21 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
43348.84860
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
26.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
69
Arc length (days)
363.00
Spectroscopy Details
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