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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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)
52499.0
Aug. 13, 2002
Orbital inclination in deg
73.12682663160126
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
321.0406393811244
Arg of perihelion (deg)
105.9367739272861
Eccentricity
1.000855520857592
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.7762087
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 1, 2002, 11:33 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
52548.98189
Total Magnitude (M1)
13.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
21.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1195
Arc length (days)
58.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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