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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)
56287.0
Dec. 26, 2012
Orbital inclination in deg
120.9000173923967
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
277.9720387449908
Arg of perihelion (deg)
191.7586959021335
Eccentricity
1.001194957692109
Perihelion distance (AU)
7.6044345
Epoch of perihelion
Nov. 29, 2013, 3:21 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56625.63963
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.1
Slope Parameter (k1)
13.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
322
Arc length (days)
1162.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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