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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)
53812.0
March 18, 2006
Orbital inclination in deg
148.3225793237854
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
233.2253575623313
Arg of perihelion (deg)
141.01829321
Eccentricity
0.9986223879166145
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.3159490
Epoch of perihelion
May 20, 2005, 2:43 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
53510.11366
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
89
Arc length (days)
307.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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