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Comet
Status
Not Following
Source
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)
51944.0
Feb. 4, 2001
Orbital inclination in deg
59.94073866321383
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
339.5944958318638
Arg of perihelion (deg)
107.889039746939
Eccentricity
0.9909365506583453
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.4064474
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 17, 2000, 2:53 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
51804.62015
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
16.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
126
Arc length (days)
93.00
Spectroscopy Details
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None
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