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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 06:31
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
57804.0
Feb. 20, 2017
Orbital inclination in deg
24.03563546278521
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
98.95480816991747
Arg of perihelion (deg)
36.38622084440971
Eccentricity
0.9953224034804047
Perihelion distance (AU)
0.9102659
Epoch of perihelion
March 7, 2017, 9:07 a.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
57819.38009
Total Magnitude (M1)
18.4
Slope Parameter (k1)
22.5
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
351
Arc length (days)
290.00
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
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