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187P/LINEAR

Basic Information of 187P/LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.834675
Eccentricity 0.156565
Inclination (deg) 13.669200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 109.848300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 131.956100
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.694277

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-02-05T14:29:45.600
Period (years) 9.694277

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 10:33:29.47 +16:51:02.2 4.543 18.62 90.5 HIP 51677 43.43
2025-11-22 10:34:00.60 +16:50:57.9 4.527 18.22 89.9 HIP 51677 44.28
2025-11-23 10:34:31.06 +16:50:58.6 4.510 17.83 89.2 HIP 51965 42.85
2025-11-24 10:35:00.87 +16:51:04.3 4.493 17.43 88.5 HIP 51965 37.14
2025-11-25 10:35:30.00 +16:51:15.1 4.476 17.03 87.8 HIP 51965 32.06
2025-11-26 10:35:58.46 +16:51:30.9 4.460 16.63 87.0 HIP 51965 27.81
2025-11-27 10:36:26.22 +16:51:51.8 4.443 16.23 86.1 HIP 51965 24.70
2025-11-28 10:36:53.30 +16:52:18.0 4.426 15.83 85.3 HIP 51965 23.06
2025-11-29 10:37:19.67 +16:52:49.3 4.409 15.42 84.3 HIP 51965 23.06
2025-11-30 10:37:45.34 +16:53:25.9 4.392 15.02 83.3 HIP 52026 23.29
2025-12-01 10:38:10.29 +16:54:07.8 4.376 14.62 82.2 HIP 52026 23.32
2025-12-02 10:38:34.51 +16:54:55.1 4.359 14.22 81.1 HIP 52026 24.68
2025-12-03 10:38:58.01 +16:55:47.7 4.342 13.82 79.9 HIP 52026 27.07
2025-12-04 10:39:20.76 +16:56:45.7 4.325 13.42 78.6 HIP 52295 26.27
2025-12-05 10:39:42.77 +16:57:49.1 4.309 13.03 77.3 HIP 52295 21.34
2025-12-06 10:40:04.03 +16:58:58.0 4.292 12.64 75.8 HIP 52295 16.88
2025-12-07 10:40:24.53 +17:00:12.5 4.276 12.64 75.8 HIP 52295 13.19