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C/2000 S3 (LONEOS)

Basic Information of C/2000 S3 (LONEOS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.632961
Eccentricity 0.774240
Inclination (deg) 25.099100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 40.668500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 298.688500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 39.828701

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2040-06-03T10:54:46.080
Period (years) 39.828701

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 12:13:01.43 +19:15:23.4 20.046 4.44 88.8 HIP 59571 16.94
2025-11-22 12:13:08.95 +19:15:25.5 20.030 4.35 87.9 HIP 59571 17.17
2025-11-23 12:13:16.32 +19:15:29.3 20.014 4.26 87.0 HIP 59571 17.59
2025-11-24 12:13:23.52 +19:15:34.6 19.998 4.17 86.1 HIP 59571 18.18
2025-11-25 12:13:30.57 +19:15:41.4 19.982 4.07 85.0 HIP 59571 18.92
2025-11-26 12:13:37.44 +19:15:49.9 19.966 3.98 84.0 HIP 59723 18.12
2025-11-27 12:13:44.16 +19:16:00.0 19.949 3.89 82.9 HIP 59723 16.55
2025-11-28 12:13:50.71 +19:16:11.5 19.933 3.80 81.7 HIP 59723 15.04
2025-11-29 12:13:57.08 +19:16:24.6 19.916 3.71 80.5 HIP 59723 13.57
2025-11-30 12:14:03.29 +19:16:39.3 19.899 3.62 79.2 HIP 59723 12.17
2025-12-01 12:14:09.32 +19:16:55.5 19.883 3.53 77.9 HIP 59723 10.83
2025-12-02 12:14:15.18 +19:17:13.3 19.866 3.45 76.5 HIP 59723 9.58
2025-12-03 12:14:20.87 +19:17:32.7 19.849 3.36 75.0 HIP 59723 8.42
2025-12-04 12:14:26.37 +19:17:53.5 19.832 3.28 73.5 HIP 59723 7.39
2025-12-05 12:14:31.70 +19:18:15.9 19.815 3.19 71.8 HIP 59723 6.52
2025-12-06 12:14:36.84 +19:18:39.8 19.798 3.11 70.1 HIP 59723 5.87
2025-12-07 12:14:41.80 +19:19:05.3 19.780 3.11 70.1 HIP 59723 5.49