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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)
54687.0
Aug. 9, 2008
Orbital inclination in deg
105.0765011711973
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
105.6749105749288
Arg of perihelion (deg)
218.0945336585656
Eccentricity
0.9984900301569493
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.5310146
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 2, 2008, 5:22 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54680.22416
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
109
Arc length (days)
768.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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