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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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Last Update: 2026-May-22 20:48
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
52521.0
Sept. 4, 2002
Orbital inclination in deg
96.76521304150062
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
154.2850048094321
Arg of perihelion (deg)
125.472100248481
Eccentricity
0.9778920820307601
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.3030215
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 17, 2002, 6:46 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
52503.78231
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
166
Arc length (days)
24.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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