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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)
51063.0
Sept. 7, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
32.30581132638599
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
159.7846501977639
Arg of perihelion (deg)
134.7322997226561
Eccentricity
0.9955953964298249
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.5778769
Epoch of perihelion
June 29, 1998, 12:12 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50993.50886
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
147
Arc length (days)
90.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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