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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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)
46470.0
Feb. 9, 1986
Orbital inclination in deg
116.6654291977496
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
49.69008508690727
Arg of perihelion (deg)
235.4696974439075
Eccentricity
1.000722750789815
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.6965073
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 4, 1985, 2:13 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
46312.59296
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
20.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
176
Arc length (days)
2779.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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