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C/1991 T2 (Shoemaker-Levy)

Basic Information of C/1991 T2 (Shoemaker-Levy)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.856570
Eccentricity 0.999789
Inclination (deg) 113.186400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 49.822300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 145.772800
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 258654.838458

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1992-07-26T22:25:06.240
Period (years) 258654.838458

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 05:10:47.12 -21:11:08.5 56.586 2.63 254.6 HIP 120001 26.11
2025-11-22 05:10:42.77 -21:11:25.2 56.586 2.64 255.3 HIP 120001 26.37
2025-11-23 05:10:38.39 -21:11:41.3 56.587 2.64 256.0 HIP 120001 26.66
2025-11-24 05:10:33.99 -21:11:56.6 56.587 2.65 256.7 HIP 120001 26.97
2025-11-25 05:10:29.57 -21:12:11.3 56.588 2.65 257.4 HIP 120001 27.30
2025-11-26 05:10:25.13 -21:12:25.1 56.589 2.66 258.1 HIP 23928 27.65
2025-11-27 05:10:20.66 -21:12:38.3 56.590 2.66 258.8 HIP 23928 26.73
2025-11-28 05:10:16.18 -21:12:50.7 56.592 2.67 259.5 HIP 23928 25.80
2025-11-29 05:10:11.68 -21:13:02.3 56.593 2.67 260.2 HIP 23928 24.89
2025-11-30 05:10:07.17 -21:13:13.2 56.595 2.67 260.9 HIP 23928 23.97
2025-12-01 05:10:02.64 -21:13:23.4 56.597 2.68 261.6 HIP 23928 23.06
2025-12-02 05:09:58.09 -21:13:32.8 56.599 2.68 262.3 HIP 23928 22.16
2025-12-03 05:09:53.54 -21:13:41.4 56.602 2.68 263.0 HIP 23928 21.26
2025-12-04 05:09:48.97 -21:13:49.3 56.605 2.68 263.7 HIP 23928 20.38
2025-12-05 05:09:44.40 -21:13:56.4 56.608 2.68 264.3 HIP 23928 19.50
2025-12-06 05:09:39.82 -21:14:02.7 56.611 2.68 265.0 HIP 23928 18.64
2025-12-07 05:09:35.23 -21:14:08.3 56.614 2.68 265.0 HIP 23928 17.79