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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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Last Update: 2026-May-23 05:38
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
54840.0
Jan. 9, 2009
Orbital inclination in deg
118.6266245069558
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
9.307701711420462
Arg of perihelion (deg)
104.4808505383467
Eccentricity
0.9950168505515636
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.9591435
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 30, 2008, 3:12 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
54830.13361
Total Magnitude (M1)
12.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
11.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1021
Arc length (days)
600.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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