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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)
51021.0
July 27, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
9.927136988567042
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
211.1176675043707
Arg of perihelion (deg)
99.46027042851681
Eccentricity
0.9866912757228471
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.9635470
Epoch of perihelion
July 17, 1998, 10:42 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51011.44621
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
71.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
627
Arc length (days)
264.00
Spectroscopy Details
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