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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)
44661.0
Feb. 26, 1981
Orbital inclination in deg
82.64612769436714
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
332.0006998504267
Arg of perihelion (deg)
105.597962460517
Eccentricity
0.9986571433516916
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.6571867
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 27, 1981, 7:35 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
44631.31666
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
15.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
200
Arc length (days)
238.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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