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C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.190927
Eccentricity 1.002569
Inclination (deg) 31.410700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 48.453800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 92.467300
Epoch 2006-04-15T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2006-04-10T18:24:02.880

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 18:05:12.87 -45:42:57.0 37.264 3.82 79.7 HIP 88544 8.95
2025-11-22 18:05:21.49 -45:42:40.5 37.276 3.85 80.1 HIP 88544 9.52
2025-11-23 18:05:30.19 -45:42:24.6 37.288 3.88 80.5 HIP 88544 10.30
2025-11-24 18:05:38.96 -45:42:09.1 37.299 3.91 80.9 HIP 88544 11.26
2025-11-25 18:05:47.81 -45:41:54.2 37.311 3.94 81.2 HIP 88544 12.36
2025-11-26 18:05:56.73 -45:41:39.8 37.322 3.96 81.6 HIP 88544 13.56
2025-11-27 18:06:05.71 -45:41:25.9 37.333 3.99 82.0 HIP 88544 14.85
2025-11-28 18:06:14.76 -45:41:12.5 37.343 4.01 82.4 HIP 88544 16.20
2025-11-29 18:06:23.87 -45:40:59.7 37.354 4.04 82.7 HIP 88544 17.61
2025-11-30 18:06:33.04 -45:40:47.4 37.364 4.06 83.1 HIP 88544 19.06
2025-12-01 18:06:42.27 -45:40:35.7 37.374 4.08 83.4 HIP 88859 19.59
2025-12-02 18:06:51.56 -45:40:24.4 37.383 4.10 83.8 HIP 88859 18.09
2025-12-03 18:07:00.90 -45:40:13.7 37.393 4.12 84.1 HIP 88859 16.61
2025-12-04 18:07:10.29 -45:40:03.6 37.402 4.14 84.5 HIP 88859 15.15
2025-12-05 18:07:19.72 -45:39:54.0 37.411 4.16 84.8 HIP 88859 13.73
2025-12-06 18:07:29.21 -45:39:45.0 37.420 4.18 85.2 HIP 88859 12.34
2025-12-07 18:07:38.74 -45:39:36.5 37.428 4.18 85.2 HIP 88859 11.02