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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)
44263.0
Jan. 25, 1980
Orbital inclination in deg
148.6025329128723
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
103.2155346254692
Arg of perihelion (deg)
257.6097304634741
Eccentricity
0.9880381363652363
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.5453012
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 21, 1979, 2:38 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
44228.60973
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
35.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
127
Arc length (days)
75.00
Spectroscopy Details
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