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123P/West-Hartley

Basic Information of 123P/West-Hartley

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.158028
Eccentricity 0.444628
Inclination (deg) 15.286700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 45.880100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 103.929600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 7.659663

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-09-22T02:19:06.240
Period (years) 7.659663

Finding Chart

Sky Tracks

123P/West-Hartley · Next 30 Days Steps: 3 days · geocentric

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 03:58:09.50 +26:48:54.2 2.078 33.87 277.9 HIP 18439 22.37
2025-11-22 03:57:09.35 +26:50:45.4 2.073 34.04 277.6 HIP 18439 10.53
2025-11-23 03:56:08.82 +26:52:32.2 2.069 34.18 277.2 HIP 18439 9.39
2025-11-24 03:55:07.98 +26:54:14.4 2.064 34.28 276.9 HIP 18330 9.64
2025-11-25 03:54:06.90 +26:55:52.2 2.060 34.35 276.6 HIP 18230 4.26
2025-11-26 03:53:05.64 +26:57:25.5 2.057 34.39 276.2 HIP 18230 10.61
2025-11-27 03:52:04.26 +26:58:54.4 2.053 34.38 275.9 HIP 18163 21.93
2025-11-28 03:51:02.85 +27:00:18.9 2.050 34.35 275.6 HIP 17924 29.72
2025-11-29 03:50:01.45 +27:01:39.2 2.047 34.27 275.4 HIP 17924 24.71
2025-11-30 03:49:00.15 +27:02:55.3 2.045 34.17 275.1 HIP 17924 26.77
2025-12-01 03:47:59.00 +27:04:07.2 2.042 34.02 274.8 HIP 17774 29.11
2025-12-02 03:46:58.07 +27:05:15.1 2.041 33.85 274.6 HIP 17592 19.27
2025-12-03 03:45:57.43 +27:06:19.1 2.039 33.64 274.3 HIP 17592 14.60
2025-12-04 03:44:57.14 +27:07:19.3 2.038 33.39 274.1 HIP 17592 20.50
2025-12-05 03:43:57.26 +27:08:15.8 2.036 33.11 273.9 HIP 17592 31.38
2025-12-06 03:42:57.85 +27:09:08.6 2.036 32.81 273.7 HIP 17324 35.37
2025-12-07 03:41:58.97 +27:09:58.1 2.035 32.81 273.7 HIP 17134 27.22