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160P/LINEAR

Basic Information of 160P/LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.795985
Eccentricity 0.524907
Inclination (deg) 15.589300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 333.316700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 12.792800
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 7.349979

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2027-04-07T05:34:48.000
Period (years) 7.349979

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 14:21:58.40 -26:14:37.8 4.949 41.66 113.1 HIP 70328 31.33
2025-11-22 14:23:06.84 -26:21:08.7 4.940 41.67 113.1 HIP 70422 21.01
2025-11-23 14:24:15.33 -26:27:40.0 4.930 41.67 113.1 HIP 70419 17.93
2025-11-24 14:25:23.89 -26:34:11.7 4.921 41.66 113.1 HIP 70538 17.75
2025-11-25 14:26:32.48 -26:40:43.7 4.911 41.66 113.2 HIP 70614 10.79
2025-11-26 14:27:41.13 -26:47:16.1 4.902 41.65 113.2 HIP 70614 14.56
2025-11-27 14:28:49.80 -26:53:48.8 4.892 41.63 113.2 HIP 70774 25.08
2025-11-28 14:29:58.52 -27:00:21.7 4.881 41.62 113.2 HIP 70948 14.50
2025-11-29 14:31:07.25 -27:06:54.9 4.871 41.60 113.3 HIP 70948 17.50
2025-11-30 14:32:16.01 -27:13:28.3 4.861 41.58 113.3 HIP 71164 15.56
2025-12-01 14:33:24.79 -27:20:02.0 4.850 41.55 113.3 HIP 71164 13.30
2025-12-02 14:34:33.58 -27:26:35.8 4.839 41.53 113.4 HIP 71164 25.80
2025-12-03 14:35:42.38 -27:33:09.9 4.828 41.50 113.4 HIP 71357 28.36
2025-12-04 14:36:51.19 -27:39:44.1 4.817 41.46 113.4 HIP 71547 15.40
2025-12-05 14:38:00.00 -27:46:18.4 4.805 41.43 113.4 HIP 71547 6.22
2025-12-06 14:39:08.80 -27:52:53.0 4.794 41.39 113.5 HIP 71703 13.88
2025-12-07 14:40:17.60 -27:59:27.6 4.782 41.39 113.5 HIP 71703 3.13