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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)
51334.0
June 5, 1999
Orbital inclination in deg
92.27266704762168
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
266.9125238862315
Arg of perihelion (deg)
341.1469899208782
Eccentricity
0.9916666321168841
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9287392
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 27, 1999, 12:41 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51236.52848
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
56
Arc length (days)
59.00
Spectroscopy Details
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