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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)
47168.0
Jan. 8, 1988
Orbital inclination in deg
97.12648071037728
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
261.3417854412032
Arg of perihelion (deg)
17.40914219226905
Eccentricity
0.9985580735770365
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.8411667
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 11, 1987, 10:32 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47140.93940
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
43.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
106
Arc length (days)
504.00
Spectroscopy Details
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