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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)
52416.0
May 22, 2002
Orbital inclination in deg
92.54498245851332
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
244.5828421467878
Arg of perihelion (deg)
9.034140993271516
Eccentricity
1.000789031795722
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.4664447
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 21, 2002, 7:01 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
52326.79287
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
18.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
905
Arc length (days)
302.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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