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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)
54603.0
May 17, 2008
Orbital inclination in deg
87.47745008862317
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
289.3723259881712
Arg of perihelion (deg)
93.05580369126282
Eccentricity
1.007714282012768
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.4492654
Epoch of perihelion
June 19, 2008, 9:29 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54636.39522
Total Magnitude (M1)
16.5
Slope Parameter (k1)
31.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
22
Arc length (days)
15.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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