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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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------------ 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)
51662.0
April 28, 2000
Orbital inclination in deg
86.41285942153324
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
50.04237333182611
Arg of perihelion (deg)
127.1386832972704
Eccentricity
1.001121582468193
Perihelion distance (AU)
7.1097644
Epoch of perihelion
April 5, 2000, 11:39 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51639.98586
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
17.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
978
Arc length (days)
1478.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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