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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)
55901.0
Dec. 6, 2011
Orbital inclination in deg
134.3558107377023
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
326.3691470244605
Arg of perihelion (deg)
53.50921241435645
Eccentricity
0.9999294152687143
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.0055538
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 16, 2011, 12:17 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
55911.01181
Total Magnitude (M1)
15.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
23.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
123
Arc length (days)
40.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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