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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 04:30
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
55177.0
Dec. 12, 2009
Orbital inclination in deg
164.4905237743914
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
199.5800742079614
Arg of perihelion (deg)
121.3259575923817
Eccentricity
0.999553883256491
Perihelion distance (AU)
6.9071337
Epoch of perihelion
May 1, 2010, 4:06 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
55317.67087
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.9
Slope Parameter (k1)
25.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
93
Arc length (days)
686.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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