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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)
46068.0
Jan. 3, 1985
Orbital inclination in deg
13.88136719631063
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
223.4755267042373
Arg of perihelion (deg)
229.2129037059981
Eccentricity
0.970910096789837
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.2145132
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 3, 1985, 9:17 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
46068.88749
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
51.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
147
Arc length (days)
209.00
Spectroscopy Details
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