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C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 6.782955
Eccentricity 0.996083
Inclination (deg) 166.753400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 19.986200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 314.141000
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 72060.628633

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2003-05-04T00:53:16.800
Period (years) 72060.628633

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 19:33:27.60 -08:31:08.9 39.629 2.00 100.5 HIP 96147 32.24
2025-11-22 19:33:30.79 -08:31:17.6 39.647 2.05 99.8 HIP 96147 32.58
2025-11-23 19:33:34.06 -08:31:26.0 39.664 2.09 99.1 HIP 96147 32.93
2025-11-24 19:33:37.40 -08:31:33.9 39.681 2.14 98.4 HIP 96147 33.29
2025-11-25 19:33:40.83 -08:31:41.4 39.698 2.18 97.8 HIP 96147 33.67
2025-11-26 19:33:44.33 -08:31:48.5 39.714 2.23 97.1 HIP 96147 34.07
2025-11-27 19:33:47.90 -08:31:55.2 39.730 2.27 96.6 HIP 96147 34.49
2025-11-28 19:33:51.55 -08:32:01.4 39.747 2.31 96.0 HIP 96147 34.92
2025-11-29 19:33:55.27 -08:32:07.2 39.763 2.35 95.4 HIP 96147 35.38
2025-11-30 19:33:59.06 -08:32:12.5 39.778 2.40 94.9 HIP 96147 35.85
2025-12-01 19:34:02.92 -08:32:17.5 39.794 2.44 94.4 HIP 96147 36.34
2025-12-02 19:34:06.85 -08:32:21.9 39.809 2.48 93.9 HIP 96147 36.85
2025-12-03 19:34:10.85 -08:32:26.0 39.825 2.51 93.4 HIP 96147 37.39
2025-12-04 19:34:14.91 -08:32:29.6 39.839 2.55 93.0 HIP 96147 37.94
2025-12-05 19:34:19.03 -08:32:32.8 39.854 2.59 92.5 HIP 96147 38.51
2025-12-06 19:34:23.22 -08:32:35.6 39.869 2.63 92.1 HIP 96147 39.10
2025-12-07 19:34:27.47 -08:32:37.9 39.883 2.63 92.1 HIP 96147 39.72