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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)
47128.0
Nov. 29, 1987
Orbital inclination in deg
34.08806680570367
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
268.0929240765895
Arg of perihelion (deg)
73.89961063595888
Eccentricity
0.9947371258513271
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.8689564
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 7, 1987, 6:34 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47106.27411
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
21.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
611
Arc length (days)
245.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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