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16P/Brooks

Basic Information of 16P/Brooks

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.884625
Eccentricity 0.485428
Inclination (deg) 3.009800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 138.816100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 245.379000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 7.009196

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-04-21T03:01:09.120
Period (years) 7.009196

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 15:10:05.43 -15:06:47.3 6.030 32.64 105.3 HIP 74361 25.81
2025-11-22 15:10:57.63 -15:10:13.6 6.025 32.62 105.2 HIP 74361 12.76
2025-11-23 15:11:49.83 -15:13:38.5 6.020 32.60 105.1 HIP 74361 0.44
2025-11-24 15:12:42.02 -15:17:02.0 6.015 32.57 105.0 HIP 74361 13.34
2025-11-25 15:13:34.21 -15:20:24.2 6.009 32.53 104.9 HIP 74646 25.18
2025-11-26 15:14:26.38 -15:23:45.0 6.003 32.50 104.8 HIP 74646 17.63
2025-11-27 15:15:18.52 -15:27:04.3 5.997 32.46 104.7 HIP 74646 18.07
2025-11-28 15:16:10.64 -15:30:22.1 5.991 32.41 104.7 HIP 74786 12.99
2025-11-29 15:17:02.72 -15:33:38.5 5.985 32.36 104.6 HIP 74786 1.04
2025-11-30 15:17:54.76 -15:36:53.4 5.978 32.31 104.5 HIP 74786 13.00
2025-12-01 15:18:46.75 -15:40:06.7 5.971 32.26 104.4 HIP 74786 25.91
2025-12-02 15:19:38.69 -15:43:18.5 5.964 32.20 104.3 HIP 75118 22.46
2025-12-03 15:20:30.57 -15:46:28.8 5.957 32.14 104.2 HIP 75118 15.47
2025-12-04 15:21:22.39 -15:49:37.4 5.949 32.08 104.1 HIP 75118 17.47
2025-12-05 15:22:14.14 -15:52:44.5 5.941 32.01 104.0 HIP 75118 26.46
2025-12-06 15:23:05.82 -15:55:50.0 5.933 31.94 103.9 HIP 75118 37.72
2025-12-07 15:23:57.42 -15:58:53.8 5.925 31.94 103.9 HIP 75525 30.23