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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)
56263.0
Dec. 2, 2012
Orbital inclination in deg
125.8684773041127
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
191.4047721428131
Arg of perihelion (deg)
101.6720433046215
Eccentricity
0.9963877725497086
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.5374745
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 5, 2012, 2:25 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56236.10084
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.6
Slope Parameter (k1)
13.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
2643
Arc length (days)
1300.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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