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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)
50682.0
Aug. 22, 1997
Orbital inclination in deg
72.99146132053649
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
233.2998337205656
Arg of perihelion (deg)
346.3646902937194
Eccentricity
0.997973768285244
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.8995628
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 22, 1996, 8:49 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50409.86758
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
213
Arc length (days)
453.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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