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Comet
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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)
51450.0
Sept. 29, 1999
Orbital inclination in deg
56.42740994860667
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
210.297745539234
Arg of perihelion (deg)
352.3526370470284
Eccentricity
0.9982110454122527
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.7180780
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 23, 1998, 4:33 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51048.69025
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
19.375
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
137
Arc length (days)
837.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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