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C/1972 L1 (Sandage)

Basic Information of C/1972 L1 (Sandage)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.263677
Eccentricity 1.003147
Inclination (deg) 78.836800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 225.266000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 56.570700
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1972-12-01T12:29:31.200

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 03:44:20.75 -09:31:35.6 74.860 1.96 257.4 HIP 17406 9.80
2025-11-22 03:44:17.65 -09:31:45.9 74.865 1.96 257.9 HIP 17406 9.05
2025-11-23 03:44:14.54 -09:31:55.8 74.870 1.95 258.4 HIP 17406 8.30
2025-11-24 03:44:11.44 -09:32:05.2 74.876 1.95 258.9 HIP 17406 7.57
2025-11-25 03:44:08.34 -09:32:14.3 74.882 1.94 259.4 HIP 17406 6.85
2025-11-26 03:44:05.25 -09:32:22.9 74.888 1.93 259.9 HIP 17406 6.16
2025-11-27 03:44:02.16 -09:32:31.0 74.894 1.93 260.4 HIP 17406 5.49
2025-11-28 03:43:59.08 -09:32:38.8 74.901 1.92 260.9 HIP 17406 4.85
2025-11-29 03:43:56.01 -09:32:46.1 74.908 1.91 261.4 HIP 17406 4.27
2025-11-30 03:43:52.95 -09:32:53.0 74.915 1.90 261.9 HIP 17406 3.76
2025-12-01 03:43:49.90 -09:32:59.4 74.922 1.89 262.4 HIP 17406 3.36
2025-12-02 03:43:46.85 -09:33:05.4 74.930 1.88 262.9 HIP 17406 3.10
2025-12-03 03:43:43.82 -09:33:11.0 74.938 1.87 263.4 HIP 17406 3.03
2025-12-04 03:43:40.81 -09:33:16.1 74.946 1.86 264.0 HIP 17406 3.14
2025-12-05 03:43:37.80 -09:33:20.8 74.954 1.85 264.5 HIP 17406 3.42
2025-12-06 03:43:34.81 -09:33:25.1 74.963 1.84 265.0 HIP 17406 3.83
2025-12-07 03:43:31.84 -09:33:28.9 74.972 1.84 265.0 HIP 17406 4.33