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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)
51043.0
Aug. 18, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
60.18231357842177
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
260.8801947098152
Arg of perihelion (deg)
37.2429943880075
Eccentricity
0.9977564405921836
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.7253328
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 13, 1998, 4:08 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51038.17233
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
28.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
386
Arc length (days)
546.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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