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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)
50772.0
Nov. 20, 1997
Orbital inclination in deg
127.9926376573183
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
53.70274808499947
Arg of perihelion (deg)
95.96514248045311
Eccentricity
0.9985197431035613
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.3591088
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 10, 1997, 3:28 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50792.14479
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
45.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
681
Arc length (days)
256.00
Spectroscopy Details
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