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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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)
50642.0
July 13, 1997
Orbital inclination in deg
85.96297497437043
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
147.6109769387793
Arg of perihelion (deg)
344.1818414239403
Eccentricity
1.000161684706786
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.3957228
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 15, 1997, 11:29 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50675.47867
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
15.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
65
Arc length (days)
25.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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