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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-23 03:53
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
54642.0
June 25, 2008
Orbital inclination in deg
93.27072433423525
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
287.0756956902415
Arg of perihelion (deg)
313.3764021957749
Eccentricity
0.9728894816242358
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9638420
Epoch of perihelion
April 1, 2008, 1:47 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54557.07433
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
42.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
128
Arc length (days)
107.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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