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102P/Shoemaker

Basic Information of 102P/Shoemaker

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.079145
Eccentricity 0.455822
Inclination (deg) 25.846200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 339.348700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 20.707600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 7.468196

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-07-10T18:22:45.120
Period (years) 7.468196

Magnitude

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Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 13:13:48.87 -24:18:30.5 5.991 29.62 124.7 HIP 64603 8.94
2025-11-22 13:14:31.64 -24:25:15.1 5.981 29.51 124.9 HIP 64603 8.25
2025-11-23 13:15:14.20 -24:32:00.2 5.970 29.40 125.1 HIP 64603 18.33
2025-11-24 13:15:56.52 -24:38:45.9 5.959 29.28 125.3 HIP 64603 29.68
2025-11-25 13:16:38.60 -24:45:32.2 5.948 29.16 125.6 HIP 64685 37.58
2025-11-26 13:17:20.44 -24:52:18.9 5.937 29.04 125.8 HIP 64996 31.42
2025-11-27 13:18:02.03 -24:59:06.1 5.925 28.92 126.0 HIP 64966 20.49
2025-11-28 13:18:43.36 -25:05:53.7 5.914 28.79 126.2 HIP 64966 9.95
2025-11-29 13:19:24.42 -25:12:41.7 5.902 28.65 126.5 HIP 64966 6.68
2025-11-30 13:20:05.21 -25:19:30.1 5.890 28.52 126.7 HIP 64966 15.91
2025-12-01 13:20:45.72 -25:26:18.9 5.878 28.38 127.0 HIP 64970 25.99
2025-12-02 13:21:25.94 -25:33:08.0 5.866 28.24 127.2 HIP 65257 22.20
2025-12-03 13:22:05.87 -25:39:57.4 5.853 28.09 127.5 HIP 65257 11.58
2025-12-04 13:22:45.50 -25:46:47.1 5.841 27.95 127.7 HIP 65257 5.46
2025-12-05 13:23:24.82 -25:53:37.1 5.828 27.80 128.0 HIP 65257 13.26
2025-12-06 13:24:03.83 -26:00:27.4 5.815 27.65 128.3 HIP 65257 23.85
2025-12-07 13:24:42.51 -26:07:17.9 5.802 27.65 128.3 HIP 65546 20.38