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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)
46415.0
Dec. 16, 1985
Orbital inclination in deg
139.0692832678015
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
53.01281185898722
Arg of perihelion (deg)
53.00022959012806
Eccentricity
0.983282486979934
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.3171410
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 19, 1985, 5:04 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
46418.21137
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
33.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
133
Arc length (days)
541.00
Spectroscopy Details
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