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C/1968 U1 (Wild)

Basic Information of C/1968 U1 (Wild)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.609073
Eccentricity 1.000000
Inclination (deg) 135.165400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 209.197100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 101.688200
Epoch 1968-03-31T06:03:36.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1968-03-31T06:03:36.000

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 22:18:17.73 -58:39:06.0 81.565 1.32 354.6 HIP 110328 24.63
2025-11-22 22:18:17.36 -58:38:34.5 81.580 1.32 356.0 HIP 110328 24.99
2025-11-23 22:18:17.07 -58:38:02.8 81.594 1.33 357.3 HIP 110328 25.36
2025-11-24 22:18:16.88 -58:37:30.9 81.609 1.34 358.6 HIP 110328 25.73
2025-11-25 22:18:16.78 -58:36:58.9 81.623 1.34 359.9 HIP 110328 26.09
2025-11-26 22:18:16.77 -58:36:26.6 81.637 1.35 1.1 HIP 110328 26.46
2025-11-27 22:18:16.85 -58:35:54.3 81.651 1.36 2.4 HIP 110328 26.82
2025-11-28 22:18:17.02 -58:35:21.7 81.665 1.36 3.6 HIP 110328 27.18
2025-11-29 22:18:17.29 -58:34:49.0 81.679 1.37 4.9 HIP 110328 27.54
2025-11-30 22:18:17.65 -58:34:16.2 81.693 1.38 6.1 HIP 110328 27.90
2025-12-01 22:18:18.09 -58:33:43.3 81.707 1.39 7.3 HIP 110328 28.26
2025-12-02 22:18:18.63 -58:33:10.2 81.720 1.40 8.4 HIP 110328 28.62
2025-12-03 22:18:19.26 -58:32:37.1 81.734 1.40 9.6 HIP 110328 28.98
2025-12-04 22:18:19.98 -58:32:03.9 81.747 1.41 10.7 HIP 110328 29.34
2025-12-05 22:18:20.78 -58:31:30.6 81.761 1.42 11.9 HIP 110328 29.70
2025-12-06 22:18:21.68 -58:30:57.2 81.774 1.43 13.0 HIP 110436 29.56
2025-12-07 22:18:22.66 -58:30:23.8 81.787 1.43 13.0 HIP 110436 29.40