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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)
51665.0
May 1, 2000
Orbital inclination in deg
72.71704941680038
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
317.6605224286029
Arg of perihelion (deg)
285.9396076031921
Eccentricity
0.9988845729283896
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.4364629
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 27, 1999, 1:51 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51509.57720
Total Magnitude (M1)
4.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
26.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
520
Arc length (days)
2804.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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