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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)
47335.0
June 23, 1988
Orbital inclination in deg
62.80704966954395
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
288.7650061508437
Arg of perihelion (deg)
326.5154520849361
Eccentricity
0.9978077677216638
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.1744872
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 14, 1988, 5:17 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47205.22080
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
53.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
84
Arc length (days)
160.00
Spectroscopy Details
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