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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)
54735.0
Sept. 26, 2008
Orbital inclination in deg
82.54917530843085
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
277.8836993312148
Arg of perihelion (deg)
348.4732575918569
Eccentricity
1.000230471730961
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0730745
Epoch of perihelion
Sept. 29, 2008, 2:59 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54738.12442
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
906
Arc length (days)
636.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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