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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)
47127.0
Nov. 28, 1987
Orbital inclination in deg
41.62050035038317
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
226.5279010208567
Arg of perihelion (deg)
329.2926318715498
Eccentricity
0.9999993915312224
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.1995185
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 10, 1988, 2:29 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47170.10415
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
48
Arc length (days)
29.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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