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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)
54901.0
March 11, 2009
Orbital inclination in deg
127.0746942515534
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
113.5705967850911
Arg of perihelion (deg)
133.5144801700162
Eccentricity
0.9998244303114467
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1262330
Epoch of perihelion
July 6, 2009, 3:35 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
55018.64953
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.2
Slope Parameter (k1)
13.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
5639
Arc length (days)
1791.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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