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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)
54049.0
Nov. 10, 2006
Orbital inclination in deg
111.8232624168263
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
148.7268421584153
Arg of perihelion (deg)
62.59437100123628
Eccentricity
1.000185049039808
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.7830082
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 28, 2006, 5:29 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54006.72851
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
18.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1265
Arc length (days)
433.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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