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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)
51026.0
Aug. 1, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
91.53998769919905
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
306.6036734395499
Arg of perihelion (deg)
9.130636882591007
Eccentricity
0.998879495913132
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.9786297
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 6, 1998, 9:36 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51092.40068
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
94
Arc length (days)
139.00
Spectroscopy Details
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