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C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.734706
Eccentricity 0.840423
Inclination (deg) 14.853500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 266.823600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 151.019100
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 70.943159

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 1999-08-04T03:20:09.600
Period (years) 70.943159

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 15:05:41.12 -26:18:15.8 31.092 5.11 106.5 HIP 73919 14.89
2025-11-22 15:05:49.87 -26:18:50.5 31.091 5.10 106.6 HIP 73919 14.29
2025-11-23 15:05:58.59 -26:19:25.4 31.089 5.08 106.7 HIP 73919 13.96
2025-11-24 15:06:07.29 -26:20:00.5 31.086 5.07 106.8 HIP 73919 13.94
2025-11-25 15:06:15.95 -26:20:35.7 31.084 5.05 106.9 HIP 73919 14.21
2025-11-26 15:06:24.58 -26:21:11.0 31.081 5.04 107.1 HIP 73919 14.76
2025-11-27 15:06:33.18 -26:21:46.5 31.078 5.02 107.2 HIP 73919 15.56
2025-11-28 15:06:41.75 -26:22:22.1 31.075 5.00 107.3 HIP 73919 16.57
2025-11-29 15:06:50.27 -26:22:57.8 31.071 4.98 107.5 HIP 73919 17.74
2025-11-30 15:06:58.76 -26:23:33.6 31.067 4.96 107.6 HIP 73919 19.05
2025-12-01 15:07:07.20 -26:24:09.6 31.063 4.93 107.7 HIP 73919 20.47
2025-12-02 15:07:15.60 -26:24:45.6 31.059 4.91 107.8 HIP 73919 21.97
2025-12-03 15:07:23.95 -26:25:21.7 31.054 4.88 108.0 HIP 74131 21.41
2025-12-04 15:07:32.25 -26:25:57.8 31.049 4.86 108.1 HIP 74131 19.47
2025-12-05 15:07:40.50 -26:26:34.1 31.043 4.83 108.3 HIP 74131 17.54
2025-12-06 15:07:48.69 -26:27:10.4 31.038 4.80 108.4 HIP 74131 15.63
2025-12-07 15:07:56.84 -26:27:46.7 31.032 4.80 108.4 HIP 74131 13.73