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C/2002 R3 (LONEOS)

Basic Information of C/2002 R3 (LONEOS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.918623
Eccentricity 1.000109
Inclination (deg) 161.211400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 54.403500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 45.218300
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2003-05-30T05:14:38.400

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 14:50:09.55 -19:23:02.1 42.194 3.22 109.2 HIP 72525 27.32
2025-11-22 14:50:14.70 -19:23:27.4 42.194 3.20 109.3 HIP 72525 28.04
2025-11-23 14:50:19.83 -19:23:52.8 42.193 3.19 109.3 HIP 72525 28.81
2025-11-24 14:50:24.94 -19:24:18.1 42.192 3.17 109.4 HIP 72525 29.60
2025-11-25 14:50:30.01 -19:24:43.3 42.190 3.15 109.4 HIP 72525 30.43
2025-11-26 14:50:35.06 -19:25:08.5 42.189 3.13 109.5 HIP 72645 31.14
2025-11-27 14:50:40.07 -19:25:33.6 42.187 3.12 109.6 HIP 72645 31.25
2025-11-28 14:50:45.05 -19:25:58.6 42.184 3.09 109.6 HIP 72645 31.42
2025-11-29 14:50:50.00 -19:26:23.6 42.182 3.07 109.7 HIP 72645 31.63
2025-11-30 14:50:54.91 -19:26:48.4 42.179 3.05 109.8 HIP 72645 31.89
2025-12-01 14:50:59.78 -19:27:13.2 42.176 3.03 109.8 HIP 72645 32.19
2025-12-02 14:51:04.61 -19:27:37.8 42.173 3.00 109.9 HIP 72645 32.53
2025-12-03 14:51:09.41 -19:28:02.4 42.169 2.98 110.0 HIP 72645 32.91
2025-12-04 14:51:14.16 -19:28:26.8 42.165 2.95 110.1 HIP 72645 33.33
2025-12-05 14:51:18.86 -19:28:51.1 42.161 2.93 110.1 HIP 72645 33.79
2025-12-06 14:51:23.52 -19:29:15.2 42.156 2.90 110.2 HIP 72645 34.27
2025-12-07 14:51:28.14 -19:29:39.2 42.152 2.90 110.2 HIP 72645 34.79