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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)
50354.0
Sept. 28, 1996
Orbital inclination in deg
145.8144427603602
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
149.745053172111
Arg of perihelion (deg)
139.4569085008034
Eccentricity
0.98558370470141
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.8991984
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 28, 1996, 5:45 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50323.73959
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
60.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
321
Arc length (days)
87.00
Spectroscopy Details
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