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Comet (Hyperbolic)
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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)
56247.0
Nov. 16, 2012
Orbital inclination in deg
34.18608906305249
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
235.2170616046954
Arg of perihelion (deg)
147.2727329549897
Eccentricity
1.001327766442323
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.1587108
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 7, 2012, 5:37 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56268.23429
Total Magnitude (M1)
6.0
Slope Parameter (k1)
30.0
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
4401
Arc length (days)
677.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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