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158P/Kowal-LINEAR

Basic Information of 158P/Kowal-LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.058575
Eccentricity 0.115637
Inclination (deg) 7.487200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 124.206700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 232.764200
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 13.680326

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-10-06T09:33:15.840
Period (years) 13.680326

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 06:39:04.75 +18:34:15.8 4.921 11.30 273.8 HIP 31734 11.66
2025-11-22 06:38:45.71 +18:34:33.7 4.912 11.69 273.9 HIP 31734 8.16
2025-11-23 06:38:26.03 +18:34:52.8 4.903 12.06 274.0 HIP 31713 6.16
2025-11-24 06:38:05.72 +18:35:13.2 4.894 12.43 274.2 HIP 31713 2.13
2025-11-25 06:37:44.80 +18:35:34.8 4.885 12.79 274.3 HIP 31713 4.34
2025-11-26 06:37:23.27 +18:35:57.7 4.876 13.14 274.4 HIP 31713 9.23
2025-11-27 06:37:01.16 +18:36:21.8 4.868 13.48 274.5 HIP 31713 14.42
2025-11-28 06:36:38.47 +18:36:47.1 4.860 13.81 274.6 HIP 31713 19.78
2025-11-29 06:36:15.23 +18:37:13.6 4.853 14.14 274.7 HIP 31686 25.17
2025-11-30 06:35:51.44 +18:37:41.3 4.845 14.45 274.8 HIP 31686 30.33
2025-12-01 06:35:27.11 +18:38:10.2 4.838 14.76 274.9 HIP 31261 30.77
2025-12-02 06:35:02.28 +18:38:40.3 4.831 15.06 275.0 HIP 31261 25.05
2025-12-03 06:34:36.95 +18:39:11.5 4.824 15.35 275.1 HIP 31261 19.32
2025-12-04 06:34:11.13 +18:39:43.8 4.818 15.63 275.1 HIP 31261 13.73
2025-12-05 06:33:44.84 +18:40:17.2 4.812 15.90 275.2 HIP 31258 8.63
2025-12-06 06:33:18.11 +18:40:51.7 4.806 16.16 275.3 HIP 31258 6.16
2025-12-07 06:32:50.94 +18:41:27.3 4.801 16.16 275.3 HIP 31258 9.14