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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)
51144.0
Nov. 27, 1998
Orbital inclination in deg
82.22888238983614
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
333.3767032180422
Arg of perihelion (deg)
101.2829430444095
Eccentricity
0.9960246572623186
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7422891
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 24, 1999, 1:39 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51202.56891
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
13.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1238
Arc length (days)
951.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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