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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)
56697.0
Feb. 9, 2014
Orbital inclination in deg
142.4282581726916
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
317.7376491689354
Arg of perihelion (deg)
203.1066008825931
Eccentricity
1.000152915493971
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.0545971
Epoch of perihelion
Aug. 27, 2014, 3:50 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
56896.66036
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
16.875
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
7829
Arc length (days)
1546.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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