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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)
47277.0
April 26, 1988
Orbital inclination in deg
73.3223550230319
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
31.51534902334489
Arg of perihelion (deg)
57.38793426969628
Eccentricity
0.9965633764274857
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.8413360
Epoch of perihelion
March 31, 1988, 2:45 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47251.11488
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
22.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
427
Arc length (days)
184.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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