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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)
50655.0
July 26, 1997
Orbital inclination in deg
69.83549825694868
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
55.8025185504454
Arg of perihelion (deg)
239.8430345388761
Eccentricity
0.9941632505431036
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.0849632
Epoch of perihelion
April 16, 1998, 7:14 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50919.30163
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
33.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
187
Arc length (days)
554.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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