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C/2002 Q3 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2002 Q3 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.306216
Eccentricity 1.000000
Inclination (deg) 96.895300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 154.151300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 125.761500
Epoch 2002-08-19T02:09:01.440
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2002-08-19T02:09:01.440

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 08:37:52.14 -60:50:56.2 44.687 3.11 202.8 HIP 42448 11.75
2025-11-22 08:37:48.17 -60:52:04.9 44.686 3.11 203.9 HIP 42448 12.75
2025-11-23 08:37:44.02 -60:53:13.1 44.685 3.11 205.0 HIP 42448 13.80
2025-11-24 08:37:39.70 -60:54:20.7 44.684 3.10 206.1 HIP 42448 14.90
2025-11-25 08:37:35.21 -60:55:27.6 44.682 3.10 207.2 HIP 42448 16.02
2025-11-26 08:37:30.54 -60:56:33.8 44.681 3.10 208.3 HIP 42448 17.17
2025-11-27 08:37:25.70 -60:57:39.3 44.680 3.10 209.4 HIP 42448 18.33
2025-11-28 08:37:20.69 -60:58:44.2 44.679 3.10 210.4 HIP 42448 19.52
2025-11-29 08:37:15.51 -60:59:48.3 44.677 3.10 211.5 HIP 42448 20.71
2025-11-30 08:37:10.16 -61:00:51.6 44.676 3.10 212.6 HIP 42448 21.92
2025-12-01 08:37:04.65 -61:01:54.2 44.675 3.09 213.7 HIP 42448 23.13
2025-12-02 08:36:58.97 -61:02:56.0 44.673 3.09 214.8 HIP 42448 24.35
2025-12-03 08:36:53.13 -61:03:56.9 44.672 3.09 215.9 HIP 42448 25.57
2025-12-04 08:36:47.12 -61:04:57.1 44.670 3.09 217.0 HIP 42448 26.80
2025-12-05 08:36:40.96 -61:05:56.3 44.669 3.09 218.1 HIP 42448 28.03
2025-12-06 08:36:34.64 -61:06:54.7 44.667 3.09 219.2 HIP 42067 27.10
2025-12-07 08:36:28.17 -61:07:52.2 44.666 3.09 219.2 HIP 42067 25.87