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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)
56092.0
June 14, 2012
Orbital inclination in deg
70.70497067577635
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
344.8527624412533
Arg of perihelion (deg)
94.1795593004511
Eccentricity
0.9941381449604582
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.8954313
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 1, 2011, 4:13 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
55866.67621
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
31.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
22
Arc length (days)
292.00
Spectroscopy Details
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