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Comet
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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)
47092.0
Oct. 24, 1987
Orbital inclination in deg
62.53265896386944
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
143.7301882851091
Arg of perihelion (deg)
13.19123396316576
Eccentricity
0.9999904334395117
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.5152614
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 9, 1987, 4:04 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47047.16977
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
79.375
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
18
Arc length (days)
37.00
Spectroscopy Details
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