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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 06:37
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57511.0
May 3, 2016
Orbital inclination in deg
134.1349376344899
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
40.04580966690223
Arg of perihelion (deg)
66.71064787884193
Eccentricity
0.992873806064534
Perihelion distance (AU)
1.3766378
Epoch of perihelion
April 15, 2016, 7:10 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57493.79925
Total Magnitude (M1)
10.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
63.125
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
373
Arc length (days)
272.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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