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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)
50969.0
June 5, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
35.63603485358318
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
18.25626255935093
Arg of perihelion (deg)
165.2502459179268
Eccentricity
0.9451516225859491
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.4166100
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 1, 1998, 12:55 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51057.03867
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
171
Arc length (days)
267.00
Spectroscopy Details
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