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C/1998 M4 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/1998 M4 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.601692
Eccentricity 1.000000
Inclination (deg) 154.580700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 92.915100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 106.363500
Epoch 1997-12-10T10:10:42.240
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1997-12-10T10:10:42.240

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 12:13:14.62 -28:27:13.6 49.954 2.18 140.1 HIP 59672 17.71
2025-11-22 12:13:17.17 -28:27:53.8 49.947 2.15 140.9 HIP 59672 17.78
2025-11-23 12:13:19.64 -28:28:33.9 49.939 2.13 141.7 HIP 59672 17.91
2025-11-24 12:13:22.03 -28:29:13.9 49.930 2.10 142.5 HIP 59672 18.08
2025-11-25 12:13:24.36 -28:29:53.9 49.922 2.07 143.4 HIP 59672 18.30
2025-11-26 12:13:26.61 -28:30:33.8 49.914 2.04 144.2 HIP 59672 18.56
2025-11-27 12:13:28.79 -28:31:13.6 49.905 2.02 145.1 HIP 59672 18.86
2025-11-28 12:13:30.89 -28:31:53.3 49.896 1.99 146.0 HIP 59672 19.20
2025-11-29 12:13:32.91 -28:32:32.9 49.887 1.96 147.0 HIP 59672 19.57
2025-11-30 12:13:34.86 -28:33:12.4 49.878 1.93 147.9 HIP 59672 19.98
2025-12-01 12:13:36.73 -28:33:51.7 49.868 1.91 148.9 HIP 59672 20.41
2025-12-02 12:13:38.52 -28:34:30.9 49.859 1.88 150.0 HIP 59672 20.86
2025-12-03 12:13:40.23 -28:35:09.9 49.849 1.85 151.0 HIP 59672 21.34
2025-12-04 12:13:41.87 -28:35:48.8 49.839 1.82 152.1 HIP 59672 21.83
2025-12-05 12:13:43.42 -28:36:27.4 49.829 1.80 153.3 HIP 59672 22.34
2025-12-06 12:13:44.89 -28:37:05.9 49.819 1.77 154.4 HIP 59672 22.86
2025-12-07 12:13:46.28 -28:37:44.2 49.809 1.77 154.4 HIP 59705 22.65