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12P/Pons-Brooks

Basic Information of 12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.781362
Eccentricity 0.954708
Inclination (deg) 74.183300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 255.858800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 199.018200
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 71.654947

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2024-04-21T03:54:25.920
Period (years) 71.654947

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 16:19:25.13 -36:14:36.7 7.524 21.31 89.2 HIP 80025 9.19
2025-11-22 16:20:07.40 -36:14:29.2 7.535 21.29 89.4 HIP 80025 2.78
2025-11-23 16:20:49.64 -36:14:23.0 7.546 21.27 89.5 HIP 80025 8.72
2025-11-24 16:21:31.83 -36:14:18.2 7.556 21.24 89.7 HIP 80025 17.00
2025-11-25 16:22:13.96 -36:14:14.7 7.566 21.21 89.8 HIP 80312 22.76
2025-11-26 16:22:56.04 -36:14:12.4 7.576 21.18 89.9 HIP 80312 16.51
2025-11-27 16:23:38.06 -36:14:11.4 7.585 21.14 90.1 HIP 80312 13.04
2025-11-28 16:24:20.01 -36:14:11.7 7.595 21.11 90.2 HIP 80431 10.38
2025-11-29 16:25:01.87 -36:14:13.1 7.604 21.06 90.3 HIP 80431 5.58
2025-11-30 16:25:43.65 -36:14:15.7 7.612 21.02 90.5 HIP 80431 9.86
2025-12-01 16:26:25.34 -36:14:19.5 7.621 20.97 90.6 HIP 80431 17.47
2025-12-02 16:27:06.94 -36:14:24.4 7.629 20.92 90.7 HIP 80431 25.57
2025-12-03 16:27:48.43 -36:14:30.4 7.637 20.86 90.9 HIP 80636 27.52
2025-12-04 16:28:29.81 -36:14:37.5 7.645 20.80 91.0 HIP 80636 28.64
2025-12-05 16:29:11.07 -36:14:45.7 7.652 20.74 91.1 HIP 80938 30.86
2025-12-06 16:29:52.22 -36:14:54.9 7.659 20.68 91.2 HIP 80938 23.06
2025-12-07 16:30:33.24 -36:15:05.2 7.666 20.68 91.2 HIP 80938 15.81