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Type
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)
46371.0
Nov. 2, 1985
Orbital inclination in deg
79.92954402939705
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
358.3958786394755
Arg of perihelion (deg)
87.0325122072075
Eccentricity
0.9998872234733124
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.6945805
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 9, 1985, 2:47 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
46408.11625
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
44.375
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
165
Arc length (days)
187.00
Spectroscopy Details
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