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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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------------ 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)
55873.0
Nov. 8, 2011
Orbital inclination in deg
116.7759557054995
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
228.3789198430203
Arg of perihelion (deg)
287.8238931135182
Eccentricity
1.000449228774744
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0714372
Epoch of perihelion
June 3, 2012, 9:30 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56081.89611
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
36.25
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
60
Arc length (days)
94.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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