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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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Last Update: 2026-May-22 19:01
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
51536.0
Dec. 24, 1999
Orbital inclination in deg
166.0992748759904
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
140.1613168839203
Arg of perihelion (deg)
353.2978737153575
Eccentricity
0.9743645303353814
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9889175
Epoch of perihelion
Jan. 4, 2000, 9:48 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51547.90834
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
38.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
340
Arc length (days)
295.00
Spectroscopy Details
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