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C/2002 J5 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2002 J5 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.735742
Eccentricity 1.001202
Inclination (deg) 117.360800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 314.160700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 74.972800
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2003-09-26T06:54:34.560

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 07:49:11.15 -06:08:53.3 39.032 2.71 240.6 HIP 38069 22.22
2025-11-22 07:49:07.34 -06:09:25.2 39.022 2.75 241.7 HIP 38069 21.90
2025-11-23 07:49:03.45 -06:09:56.5 39.012 2.79 242.7 HIP 38069 21.61
2025-11-24 07:48:59.46 -06:10:27.2 39.002 2.82 243.7 HIP 38069 21.35
2025-11-25 07:48:55.39 -06:10:57.3 38.993 2.86 244.6 HIP 38069 21.12
2025-11-26 07:48:51.23 -06:11:26.7 38.983 2.90 245.6 HIP 38069 20.93
2025-11-27 07:48:46.99 -06:11:55.4 38.974 2.93 246.5 HIP 38069 20.78
2025-11-28 07:48:42.66 -06:12:23.5 38.965 2.97 247.4 HIP 38069 20.68
2025-11-29 07:48:38.25 -06:12:50.9 38.956 3.00 248.2 HIP 38069 20.63
2025-11-30 07:48:33.76 -06:13:17.7 38.947 3.04 249.1 HIP 38069 20.62
2025-12-01 07:48:29.19 -06:13:43.7 38.938 3.08 249.9 HIP 38069 20.67
2025-12-02 07:48:24.54 -06:14:09.1 38.930 3.11 250.7 HIP 38069 20.77
2025-12-03 07:48:19.81 -06:14:33.8 38.922 3.15 251.5 HIP 38069 20.94
2025-12-04 07:48:15.01 -06:14:57.8 38.914 3.18 252.3 HIP 38069 21.16
2025-12-05 07:48:10.13 -06:15:21.1 38.906 3.22 253.0 HIP 38069 21.43
2025-12-06 07:48:05.18 -06:15:43.6 38.898 3.25 253.7 HIP 38069 21.77
2025-12-07 07:48:00.16 -06:16:05.5 38.890 3.25 253.7 HIP 37940 21.79