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C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff)

Basic Information of C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.900401
Eccentricity 1.000919
Inclination (deg) 52.273500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 32.438000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 77.236100
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2001-10-19T12:46:56.640

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 15:05:28.68 -46:48:19.9 43.451 3.63 112.0 HIP 73885 9.79
2025-11-22 15:05:36.54 -46:48:52.6 43.454 3.63 112.5 HIP 73885 8.56
2025-11-23 15:05:44.37 -46:49:25.8 43.456 3.62 112.9 HIP 73885 7.41
2025-11-24 15:05:52.18 -46:49:59.6 43.459 3.62 113.3 HIP 73885 6.37
2025-11-25 15:05:59.96 -46:50:34.0 43.461 3.62 113.8 HIP 73885 5.51
2025-11-26 15:06:07.70 -46:51:09.0 43.463 3.61 114.2 HIP 73885 4.92
2025-11-27 15:06:15.42 -46:51:44.5 43.465 3.61 114.6 HIP 73885 4.71
2025-11-28 15:06:23.10 -46:52:20.6 43.466 3.60 115.1 HIP 73885 4.92
2025-11-29 15:06:30.75 -46:52:57.2 43.467 3.60 115.5 HIP 73885 5.50
2025-11-30 15:06:38.35 -46:53:34.3 43.468 3.59 115.9 HIP 73885 6.36
2025-12-01 15:06:45.92 -46:54:12.0 43.469 3.58 116.4 HIP 73885 7.38
2025-12-02 15:06:53.44 -46:54:50.2 43.469 3.58 116.8 HIP 73885 8.52
2025-12-03 15:07:00.91 -46:55:28.9 43.469 3.57 117.3 HIP 73885 9.73
2025-12-04 15:07:08.34 -46:56:08.1 43.469 3.56 117.7 HIP 73885 10.98
2025-12-05 15:07:15.72 -46:56:47.8 43.468 3.55 118.2 HIP 73885 12.26
2025-12-06 15:07:23.05 -46:57:28.0 43.468 3.54 118.6 HIP 73885 13.56
2025-12-07 15:07:30.33 -46:58:08.7 43.467 3.54 118.6 HIP 73885 14.88