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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)
50716.0
Sept. 25, 1997
Orbital inclination in deg
115.8023964122071
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
231.2459845166411
Arg of perihelion (deg)
336.1891989321773
Eccentricity
0.984235442090833
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.3718138
Epoch of perihelion
July 13, 1997, 10:06 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50642.42136
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
115
Arc length (days)
243.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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