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Comet
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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)
47303.0
May 22, 1988
Orbital inclination in deg
62.8077422039957
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
288.7638618900883
Arg of perihelion (deg)
326.514380512196
Eccentricity
0.9977148303712777
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.1742055
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 29, 1987, 10:34 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47128.94095
Total Magnitude (M1)
4.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
49.375
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
37
Arc length (days)
118.00
Spectroscopy Details
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