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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)
51148.0
Dec. 1, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
131.7647501490547
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
66.65060505737807
Arg of perihelion (deg)
51.13427487380235
Eccentricity
0.9879794331880046
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.2364529
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 21, 1998, 6:14 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51168.76001
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
38.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
406
Arc length (days)
251.00
Spectroscopy Details
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