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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)
53275.0
Sept. 27, 2004
Orbital inclination in deg
68.4420879365958
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
110.4513155441196
Arg of perihelion (deg)
231.4285155911484
Eccentricity
0.9984135202162427
Perihelion distance (AU)
7.0330012
Epoch of perihelion
April 5, 2004, 11:32 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
53100.98120
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
18.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
330
Arc length (days)
1680.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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