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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)
50157.0
March 15, 1996
Orbital inclination in deg
124.9220493922234
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
188.045131992156
Arg of perihelion (deg)
130.1751209780967
Eccentricity
0.9998916470450123
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.2302235
Epoch of perihelion
May 1, 1996, 9:27 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50204.39414
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
26.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
977
Arc length (days)
306.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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