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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)
50969.0
June 5, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
160.2056072131957
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
307.9476159028873
Arg of perihelion (deg)
47.82704043702886
Eccentricity
0.9979819977301114
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.5463144
Epoch of perihelion
March 7, 1998, 4:25 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50879.18407
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
178
Arc length (days)
64.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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