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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-Jun-17 04:44
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
55070.0
Aug. 27, 2009
Orbital inclination in deg
140.7066105698916
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
219.7340044222949
Arg of perihelion (deg)
340.8552491356128
Eccentricity
0.9997978029560758
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.7982290
Epoch of perihelion
June 23, 2009, 2:14 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
55005.09312
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
41.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
701
Arc length (days)
431.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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