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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)
50835.0
Jan. 22, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
91.27339903252413
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
148.8445331910337
Arg of perihelion (deg)
122.6716789843018
Eccentricity
1.000558290058558
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.0511487
Epoch of perihelion
March 10, 1998, 10:24 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50882.43339
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1420
Arc length (days)
887.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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