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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)
51087.0
Oct. 1, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
64.45667524465281
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
68.78107721354037
Arg of perihelion (deg)
221.4179119337927
Eccentricity
0.9992762893002576
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.3234783
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 1, 1998, 5:31 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51057.23030
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
13.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
201
Arc length (days)
646.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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