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Comet (Parabolic)
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------------ 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)
47567.0
Feb. 10, 1989
Orbital inclination in deg
25.50559647350688
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
74.31445681303993
Arg of perihelion (deg)
18.8381430368539
Eccentricity
1.0
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2079462
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 2, 1988, 2:05 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47467.08732
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
28
Arc length (days)
58.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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