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168P/Hergenrother

Basic Information of 168P/Hergenrother

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.358731
Eccentricity 0.621110
Inclination (deg) 21.594500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 355.380700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 15.106200
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 6.790950

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-05-26T07:20:38.400
Period (years) 6.790950

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 17:28:14.14 -38:57:58.8 3.181 68.65 87.1 HIP 85583 23.19
2025-11-22 17:30:35.18 -38:56:30.6 3.179 69.03 86.9 HIP 85745 9.78
2025-11-23 17:32:56.94 -38:54:56.6 3.177 69.42 86.7 HIP 85793 16.64
2025-11-24 17:35:19.40 -38:53:16.4 3.175 69.80 86.5 HIP 86047 5.89
2025-11-25 17:37:42.56 -38:51:30.1 3.172 70.18 86.4 HIP 86170 19.09
2025-11-26 17:40:06.41 -38:49:37.5 3.170 70.56 86.2 HIP 86474 22.68
2025-11-27 17:42:30.94 -38:47:38.3 3.167 70.94 86.0 HIP 86670 14.16
2025-11-28 17:44:56.14 -38:45:32.4 3.165 71.32 85.7 HIP 86792 10.23
2025-11-29 17:47:22.00 -38:43:19.8 3.162 71.70 85.5 HIP 87078 21.94
2025-11-30 17:49:48.51 -38:41:00.2 3.159 72.07 85.3 HIP 87232 18.61
2025-12-01 17:52:15.67 -38:38:33.4 3.156 72.45 85.1 HIP 87505 5.49
2025-12-02 17:54:43.46 -38:35:59.4 3.152 72.83 84.9 HIP 87665 4.05
2025-12-03 17:57:11.87 -38:33:18.0 3.149 73.20 84.7 HIP 87856 4.12
2025-12-04 17:59:40.91 -38:30:29.0 3.146 73.58 84.5 HIP 88063 7.11
2025-12-05 18:02:10.55 -38:27:32.3 3.142 73.96 84.2 HIP 88314 1.24
2025-12-06 18:04:40.80 -38:24:27.8 3.139 74.34 84.0 HIP 88596 8.75
2025-12-07 18:07:11.65 -38:21:15.2 3.135 74.34 84.0 HIP 88824 15.18