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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)
52495.0
Aug. 9, 2002
Orbital inclination in deg
48.08265039739901
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
136.5263827564008
Arg of perihelion (deg)
329.5288206401337
Eccentricity
1.009447085478947
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.1516089
Epoch of perihelion
April 24, 2002, 4:39 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
52388.69399
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
26.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
284
Arc length (days)
527.00
Spectroscopy Details
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