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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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)
52258.0
Dec. 15, 2001
Orbital inclination in deg
150.6015453933576
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
145.0947737686238
Arg of perihelion (deg)
304.7570373972272
Eccentricity
1.00174828651609
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.3068012
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 1, 2000, 6:12 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51788.75895
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
24.375
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
553
Arc length (days)
1123.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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