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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)
54838.0
Jan. 7, 2009
Orbital inclination in deg
66.47497791092911
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
337.7510453301255
Arg of perihelion (deg)
140.8016013463495
Eccentricity
0.9565361628704481
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.9021174
Epoch of perihelion
Oct. 10, 2008, 2:06 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54749.58764
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
40.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
127
Arc length (days)
90.00
Spectroscopy Details
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