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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)
45217.0
Sept. 5, 1982
Orbital inclination in deg
84.49498334186687
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
326.262541506589
Arg of perihelion (deg)
33.82283629024859
Eccentricity
0.9993961712201157
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.6478122
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 24, 1982, 5:30 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
45205.72938
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
38.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
290
Arc length (days)
288.00
Spectroscopy Details
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