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C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)

Basic Information of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.910688
Eccentricity 0.994929
Inclination (deg) 89.637900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 281.948000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 130.400900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2022-S20, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 2406.655929

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1997-03-30T10:27:50.400
Period (years) 2406.655929

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 21:38:53.61 -84:46:11.7 50.497 2.89 6.3 HIP 106320 9.63
2025-11-22 21:38:59.12 -84:45:02.8 50.505 2.89 7.2 HIP 106320 10.11
2025-11-23 21:39:05.43 -84:43:53.9 50.513 2.90 8.1 HIP 106320 10.71
2025-11-24 21:39:12.54 -84:42:45.0 50.521 2.90 9.0 HIP 106320 11.42
2025-11-25 21:39:20.43 -84:41:36.3 50.529 2.91 10.0 HIP 106320 12.21
2025-11-26 21:39:29.10 -84:40:27.6 50.536 2.91 10.9 HIP 106320 13.07
2025-11-27 21:39:38.52 -84:39:19.0 50.544 2.91 11.8 HIP 106320 13.98
2025-11-28 21:39:48.69 -84:38:10.6 50.552 2.92 12.7 HIP 106320 14.94
2025-11-29 21:39:59.60 -84:37:02.3 50.559 2.92 13.6 HIP 106320 15.94
2025-11-30 21:40:11.23 -84:35:54.2 50.566 2.92 14.4 HIP 106320 16.97
2025-12-01 21:40:23.58 -84:34:46.2 50.574 2.93 15.3 HIP 106320 18.03
2025-12-02 21:40:36.62 -84:33:38.5 50.581 2.93 16.2 HIP 106320 19.11
2025-12-03 21:40:50.36 -84:32:31.0 50.588 2.93 17.1 HIP 106320 20.21
2025-12-04 21:41:04.77 -84:31:23.7 50.595 2.94 17.9 HIP 106320 21.32
2025-12-05 21:41:19.85 -84:30:16.6 50.601 2.94 18.8 HIP 107239 21.87
2025-12-06 21:41:35.59 -84:29:09.9 50.608 2.94 19.6 HIP 107239 20.71
2025-12-07 21:41:51.97 -84:28:03.4 50.615 2.94 19.6 HIP 107239 19.57