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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)
51395.0
Aug. 5, 1999
Orbital inclination in deg
46.34384451923982
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
245.3720622854073
Arg of perihelion (deg)
56.76367963722824
Eccentricity
0.9935205329672524
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2469768
Epoch of perihelion
July 24, 1999, 4:11 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51383.67431
Total Magnitude (M1)
14.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
320
Arc length (days)
240.00
Spectroscopy Details
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