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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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------------ 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)
53171.0
June 15, 2004
Orbital inclination in deg
134.2525183648013
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
18.67572241685174
Arg of perihelion (deg)
198.4427076902601
Eccentricity
1.000300703408358
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0236167
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 13, 2004, 5:15 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
53291.71886
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
17.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
3625
Arc length (days)
1269.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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