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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)
45469.0
May 15, 1983
Orbital inclination in deg
96.62288425333153
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
83.03946675744868
Arg of perihelion (deg)
82.17344987598116
Eccentricity
0.999901547872362
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.4710841
Epoch of perihelion
May 1, 1983, 7:52 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
45455.32828
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
38.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
55
Arc length (days)
39.00
Spectroscopy Details
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