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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)
43448.0
Nov. 1, 1977
Orbital inclination in deg
48.71186547368851
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
182.5226840064215
Arg of perihelion (deg)
163.4866156159515
Eccentricity
0.9995493480893816
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.9905765
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 10, 1977, 1:40 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
43457.56999
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
33.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
421
Arc length (days)
271.00
Spectroscopy Details
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