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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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------------ 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)
47179.0
Jan. 19, 1988
Orbital inclination in deg
124.0787132105054
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
194.4874304259229
Arg of perihelion (deg)
329.0709917479567
Eccentricity
1.001208939868476
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.6242866
Epoch of perihelion
April 10, 1987, 4:42 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
46895.19625
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
50
Arc length (days)
1005.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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