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C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.220784
Eccentricity 0.999069
Inclination (deg) 59.469600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 39.389100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 95.669300
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 47482.515807

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2002-12-21T13:01:12.000
Period (years) 47482.515807

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 20:24:28.30 -78:01:15.0 44.395 3.18 29.5 HIP 100844 12.67
2025-11-22 20:24:40.35 -78:00:08.5 44.405 3.19 30.3 HIP 100844 13.28
2025-11-23 20:24:52.75 -77:59:02.4 44.415 3.20 31.2 HIP 100844 13.97
2025-11-24 20:25:05.50 -77:57:56.6 44.425 3.21 32.1 HIP 100844 14.72
2025-11-25 20:25:18.59 -77:56:51.2 44.435 3.23 33.0 HIP 100844 15.53
2025-11-26 20:25:32.03 -77:55:46.3 44.444 3.24 33.8 HIP 100844 16.39
2025-11-27 20:25:45.79 -77:54:41.8 44.454 3.25 34.7 HIP 100844 17.28
2025-11-28 20:25:59.89 -77:53:37.7 44.464 3.26 35.5 HIP 100844 18.22
2025-11-29 20:26:14.31 -77:52:34.1 44.473 3.27 36.4 HIP 101129 17.71
2025-11-30 20:26:29.05 -77:51:31.0 44.482 3.27 37.2 HIP 101129 16.41
2025-12-01 20:26:44.09 -77:50:28.4 44.491 3.28 38.1 HIP 101129 15.11
2025-12-02 20:26:59.45 -77:49:26.3 44.500 3.29 38.9 HIP 101129 13.80
2025-12-03 20:27:15.11 -77:48:24.7 44.509 3.30 39.7 HIP 101129 12.49
2025-12-04 20:27:31.06 -77:47:23.7 44.517 3.31 40.5 HIP 101129 11.17
2025-12-05 20:27:47.31 -77:46:23.2 44.526 3.32 41.3 HIP 101129 9.85
2025-12-06 20:28:03.84 -77:45:23.3 44.534 3.33 42.1 HIP 101129 8.53
2025-12-07 20:28:20.66 -77:44:24.0 44.543 3.33 42.1 HIP 101129 7.20