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177P/Barnard

Basic Information of 177P/Barnard

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.125025
Eccentricity 0.954084
Inclination (deg) 30.959600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 271.591100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 61.043400
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 121.282234

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2006-08-27T17:40:07.680
Period (years) 121.282234

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 08:52:55.70 -06:13:46.7 31.862 2.02 220.6 HIP 43648 7.29
2025-11-22 08:52:53.58 -06:14:23.6 31.848 2.05 222.8 HIP 43648 7.92
2025-11-23 08:52:51.33 -06:14:59.8 31.835 2.08 224.9 HIP 43648 8.61
2025-11-24 08:52:48.97 -06:15:35.2 31.822 2.12 226.9 HIP 43648 9.34
2025-11-25 08:52:46.48 -06:16:10.0 31.809 2.15 228.8 HIP 43648 10.11
2025-11-26 08:52:43.87 -06:16:44.0 31.796 2.19 230.7 HIP 43648 10.92
2025-11-27 08:52:41.15 -06:17:17.2 31.783 2.23 232.5 HIP 43648 11.76
2025-11-28 08:52:38.30 -06:17:49.8 31.770 2.27 234.3 HIP 43648 12.62
2025-11-29 08:52:35.34 -06:18:21.5 31.758 2.31 236.0 HIP 43648 13.51
2025-11-30 08:52:32.26 -06:18:52.5 31.745 2.35 237.6 HIP 43648 14.42
2025-12-01 08:52:29.06 -06:19:22.7 31.732 2.39 239.2 HIP 43648 15.35
2025-12-02 08:52:25.75 -06:19:52.2 31.720 2.44 240.7 HIP 43648 16.31
2025-12-03 08:52:22.33 -06:20:20.8 31.708 2.48 242.2 HIP 43470 16.76
2025-12-04 08:52:18.79 -06:20:48.6 31.695 2.53 243.6 HIP 43470 16.06
2025-12-05 08:52:15.14 -06:21:15.6 31.683 2.58 244.9 HIP 43470 15.35
2025-12-06 08:52:11.39 -06:21:41.8 31.671 2.63 246.3 HIP 43470 14.65
2025-12-07 08:52:07.52 -06:22:07.2 31.659 2.63 246.3 HIP 43470 13.97