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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)
51162.0
Dec. 15, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
145.7285193610125
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
156.3730919994927
Arg of perihelion (deg)
294.4529323278361
Eccentricity
0.9993594130639354
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.1461539
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 17, 1998, 8:04 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51103.83642
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
36.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
403
Arc length (days)
240.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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