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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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------------ 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)
44445.0
July 25, 1980
Orbital inclination in deg
73.14805939142283
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
279.523105502392
Arg of perihelion (deg)
334.9661779789997
Eccentricity
1.000179498734231
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.5839070
Epoch of perihelion
April 19, 1980, 8:41 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
44348.86238
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
45.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
58
Arc length (days)
118.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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