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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)
46850.0
Feb. 24, 1987
Orbital inclination in deg
160.5798246092682
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
74.80244953913423
Arg of perihelion (deg)
70.23301448342289
Eccentricity
0.9999259536806998
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7211575
Epoch of perihelion
March 9, 1987, 3:47 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
46863.65818
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
33.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
360
Arc length (days)
321.00
Spectroscopy Details
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