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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)
46809.0
Jan. 14, 1987
Orbital inclination in deg
114.918049447395
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
134.6175782528172
Arg of perihelion (deg)
157.7434494403435
Eccentricity
0.9992071124391181
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.6421297
Epoch of perihelion
May 6, 1986, 10:49 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
46556.45130
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
86
Arc length (days)
996.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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