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C/1960 Y1 (Candy)

Basic Information of C/1960 Y1 (Candy)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.081063
Eccentricity 0.989533
Inclination (deg) 151.239600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 176.273000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 135.845200
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 1049.646759

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1961-01-01T01:27:07.200
Period (years) 1049.646759

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 14:26:55.87 -38:39:00.6 82.295 1.75 114.9 HIP 70593 6.87
2025-11-22 14:26:59.12 -38:39:18.3 82.293 1.74 115.3 HIP 70593 7.56
2025-11-23 14:27:02.35 -38:39:36.3 82.292 1.74 115.7 HIP 70593 8.25
2025-11-24 14:27:05.56 -38:39:54.4 82.290 1.73 116.1 HIP 70593 8.95
2025-11-25 14:27:08.75 -38:40:12.7 82.288 1.72 116.6 HIP 70593 9.63
2025-11-26 14:27:11.91 -38:40:31.2 82.285 1.72 117.0 HIP 70593 10.32
2025-11-27 14:27:15.05 -38:40:49.9 82.282 1.71 117.4 HIP 70593 11.00
2025-11-28 14:27:18.16 -38:41:08.8 82.279 1.70 117.8 HIP 70593 11.68
2025-11-29 14:27:21.24 -38:41:27.8 82.276 1.69 118.3 HIP 70593 12.36
2025-11-30 14:27:24.30 -38:41:47.0 82.273 1.68 118.7 HIP 70593 13.03
2025-12-01 14:27:27.33 -38:42:06.4 82.269 1.67 119.1 HIP 70593 13.70
2025-12-02 14:27:30.32 -38:42:26.0 82.265 1.66 119.6 HIP 70593 14.36
2025-12-03 14:27:33.29 -38:42:45.7 82.260 1.65 120.0 HIP 70593 15.03
2025-12-04 14:27:36.22 -38:43:05.5 82.256 1.64 120.5 HIP 70593 15.68
2025-12-05 14:27:39.13 -38:43:25.5 82.251 1.63 120.9 HIP 70593 16.33
2025-12-06 14:27:42.00 -38:43:45.6 82.246 1.62 121.4 HIP 70593 16.98
2025-12-07 14:27:44.83 -38:44:05.8 82.241 1.62 121.4 HIP 70593 17.62