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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)
56251.0
Nov. 20, 2012
Orbital inclination in deg
87.21916562775003
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
271.7668746031932
Arg of perihelion (deg)
140.2893267650839
Eccentricity
0.9970529043988378
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.2624100
Epoch of perihelion
Dec. 25, 2012, 9:55 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56286.41367
Total Magnitude (M1)
11.8
Slope Parameter (k1)
20.625
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
1489
Arc length (days)
316.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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