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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)
52448.0
June 23, 2002
Orbital inclination in deg
89.72177914055897
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
280.548360796563
Arg of perihelion (deg)
4.46061094802527
Eccentricity
0.9996358825060745
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.2302344
Epoch of perihelion
June 16, 2002, 10:53 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
52441.45365
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
72
Arc length (days)
115.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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