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C/1973 N1 (Sandage)

Basic Information of C/1973 N1 (Sandage)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.759990
Eccentricity 0.998182
Inclination (deg) 137.419700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 279.251400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 72.299500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 133973.296060

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1973-12-06T14:50:47.040
Period (years) 133973.296060

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 04:31:09.60 -06:20:06.0 72.701 2.13 256.7 HIP 21119 41.81
2025-11-22 04:31:06.27 -06:20:17.7 72.703 2.13 257.1 HIP 21119 41.75
2025-11-23 04:31:02.93 -06:20:29.1 72.704 2.13 257.6 HIP 21119 41.72
2025-11-24 04:30:59.58 -06:20:40.1 72.706 2.13 258.0 HIP 21119 41.71
2025-11-25 04:30:56.22 -06:20:50.7 72.708 2.13 258.5 HIP 21119 41.72
2025-11-26 04:30:52.86 -06:21:00.9 72.711 2.13 258.9 HIP 21119 41.75
2025-11-27 04:30:49.49 -06:21:10.7 72.714 2.13 259.4 HIP 21119 41.82
2025-11-28 04:30:46.12 -06:21:20.2 72.717 2.13 259.8 HIP 21119 41.90
2025-11-29 04:30:42.74 -06:21:29.2 72.720 2.13 260.3 HIP 21119 42.01
2025-11-30 04:30:39.37 -06:21:37.8 72.723 2.13 260.8 HIP 21119 42.14
2025-12-01 04:30:35.99 -06:21:46.0 72.727 2.12 261.2 HIP 21119 42.29
2025-12-02 04:30:32.61 -06:21:53.8 72.731 2.12 261.7 HIP 21119 42.47
2025-12-03 04:30:29.23 -06:22:01.1 72.736 2.12 262.1 HIP 21119 42.67
2025-12-04 04:30:25.86 -06:22:08.1 72.740 2.11 262.6 HIP 21119 42.89
2025-12-05 04:30:22.48 -06:22:14.7 72.745 2.11 263.0 HIP 21119 43.14
2025-12-06 04:30:19.11 -06:22:20.8 72.750 2.10 263.5 HIP 21119 43.40
2025-12-07 04:30:15.75 -06:22:26.5 72.756 2.10 263.5 HIP 20874 43.20