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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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Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
52326.0
Feb. 21, 2002
Orbital inclination in deg
152.8725870778694
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
54.3169723200776
Arg of perihelion (deg)
257.0700800526558
Eccentricity
0.9972247608021836
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.8421672
Epoch of perihelion
April 6, 2002, 7:53 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
52370.82886
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
52
Arc length (days)
87.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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