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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)
47538.0
Jan. 12, 1989
Orbital inclination in deg
71.010955287298
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
315.5230252834693
Arg of perihelion (deg)
88.1221512769007
Eccentricity
1.0
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.4278137
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 11, 1988, 3:40 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
47506.65316
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
38.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
56
Arc length (days)
57.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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