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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 21:44
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
52670.0
Jan. 31, 2003
Orbital inclination in deg
72.59040377505038
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
237.4577304274031
Arg of perihelion (deg)
47.05425306228207
Eccentricity
0.9995340082351344
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.1842387
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 11, 2002, 5:47 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
52558.74098
Total Magnitude (M1)
5.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
20.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
3292
Arc length (days)
1305.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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