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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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)
49219.0
Aug. 20, 1993
Orbital inclination in deg
124.878071290721
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
144.7205386005745
Arg of perihelion (deg)
130.6660656711199
Eccentricity
1.001840877206201
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9374546
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 12, 1994, 9:38 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
49364.90147
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
714
Arc length (days)
629.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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