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C/1959 Y1 (Burnham)

Basic Information of C/1959 Y1 (Burnham)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.547057
Eccentricity 1.000174
Inclination (deg) 159.575700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 253.906800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 307.998100
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1960-04-08T19:11:08.160

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 09:29:42.44 +33:36:41.8 90.934 0.67 335.0 HIP 46581 4.52
2025-11-22 09:29:41.89 +33:36:56.5 90.921 0.69 333.2 HIP 46581 4.79
2025-11-23 09:29:41.29 +33:37:11.3 90.908 0.71 331.5 HIP 46581 5.06
2025-11-24 09:29:40.64 +33:37:26.2 90.894 0.73 329.9 HIP 46581 5.34
2025-11-25 09:29:39.94 +33:37:41.4 90.881 0.75 328.4 HIP 46581 5.63
2025-11-26 09:29:39.19 +33:37:56.7 90.868 0.77 326.9 HIP 46581 5.93
2025-11-27 09:29:38.38 +33:38:12.1 90.855 0.79 325.6 HIP 46581 6.24
2025-11-28 09:29:37.52 +33:38:27.7 90.842 0.81 324.2 HIP 46581 6.55
2025-11-29 09:29:36.62 +33:38:43.4 90.830 0.83 323.0 HIP 46581 6.88
2025-11-30 09:29:35.66 +33:38:59.3 90.817 0.85 321.8 HIP 46581 7.21
2025-12-01 09:29:34.65 +33:39:15.2 90.804 0.87 320.7 HIP 46581 7.54
2025-12-02 09:29:33.60 +33:39:31.4 90.792 0.89 319.6 HIP 46581 7.89
2025-12-03 09:29:32.49 +33:39:47.6 90.780 0.91 318.6 HIP 46581 8.24
2025-12-04 09:29:31.33 +33:40:03.9 90.768 0.93 317.6 HIP 46581 8.61
2025-12-05 09:29:30.13 +33:40:20.4 90.756 0.95 316.6 HIP 46581 8.98
2025-12-06 09:29:28.87 +33:40:37.0 90.744 0.97 315.7 HIP 46581 9.35
2025-12-07 09:29:27.57 +33:40:53.7 90.732 0.97 315.7 HIP 46581 9.74