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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)
50341.0
Sept. 15, 1996
Orbital inclination in deg
73.35563244223592
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
31.3996264875077
Arg of perihelion (deg)
57.41289219706957
Eccentricity
0.9986119400862491
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.8398029
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 3, 1996, 12:46 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50390.53228
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
214
Arc length (days)
58.00
Spectroscopy Details
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