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Comet
Status
Not Following
Source
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)
55057.0
Aug. 14, 2009
Orbital inclination in deg
66.8219148762043
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
123.8055109480339
Arg of perihelion (deg)
147.6934962462276
Eccentricity
0.9977788229593066
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.2461760
Epoch of perihelion
Feb. 7, 2010, 11:38 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
55234.48516
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
17.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
665
Arc length (days)
424.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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