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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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Last Update: 2026-Jun-16 14:53
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
56406.0
April 24, 2013
Orbital inclination in deg
126.5413341641622
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
173.1035240071253
Arg of perihelion (deg)
163.6154852424364
Eccentricity
0.9999819926719808
Perihelion distance (AU)
4.3487284
Epoch of perihelion
June 28, 2013, 12:33 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56471.02340
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
21.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
924
Arc length (days)
460.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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