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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)
54681.0
Aug. 3, 2008
Orbital inclination in deg
61.78002137334015
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
273.4196981140539
Arg of perihelion (deg)
68.12271159860036
Eccentricity
0.9896163514106258
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7242937
Epoch of perihelion
July 13, 2008, 6:16 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54660.26164
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
43.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1557
Arc length (days)
337.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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