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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)
51353.0
June 24, 1999
Orbital inclination in deg
82.1909252519498
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
300.31811825
Arg of perihelion (deg)
4.57039709432164
Eccentricity
0.9657960272961131
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.2902565
Epoch of perihelion
April 10, 1999, 12:51 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51278.53589
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
101
Arc length (days)
100.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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