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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)
51054.0
Aug. 29, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
113.4228968574624
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
255.5266975257815
Arg of perihelion (deg)
20.83810027226137
Eccentricity
1.002293802409129
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.7682316
Epoch of perihelion
July 17, 1998, 2:37 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51011.10915
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
109
Arc length (days)
384.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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