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C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)

Basic Information of C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.026738
Eccentricity 0.987860
Inclination (deg) 56.612100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 22.145200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 32.751800
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 2157.090595

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2004-12-07T15:22:01.920
Period (years) 2157.090595

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 13:31:47.80 -16:47:06.9 40.527 3.24 118.5 HIP 65939 27.82
2025-11-22 13:31:52.56 -16:47:43.9 40.521 3.21 118.7 HIP 65939 28.82
2025-11-23 13:31:57.26 -16:48:20.8 40.515 3.17 118.8 HIP 65939 29.84
2025-11-24 13:32:01.90 -16:48:57.5 40.509 3.14 119.0 HIP 65939 30.86
2025-11-25 13:32:06.49 -16:49:34.1 40.502 3.10 119.2 HIP 65939 31.90
2025-11-26 13:32:11.02 -16:50:10.4 40.496 3.07 119.4 HIP 65939 32.94
2025-11-27 13:32:15.48 -16:50:46.6 40.489 3.03 119.6 HIP 65939 33.98
2025-11-28 13:32:19.88 -16:51:22.5 40.481 2.99 119.8 HIP 65939 35.02
2025-11-29 13:32:24.22 -16:51:58.2 40.474 2.95 120.1 HIP 65939 36.07
2025-11-30 13:32:28.50 -16:52:33.8 40.466 2.91 120.3 HIP 65939 37.11
2025-12-01 13:32:32.70 -16:53:09.0 40.459 2.87 120.5 HIP 66203 37.95
2025-12-02 13:32:36.84 -16:53:44.1 40.450 2.83 120.8 HIP 66231 37.81
2025-12-03 13:32:40.91 -16:54:18.9 40.442 2.79 121.0 HIP 66231 36.72
2025-12-04 13:32:44.91 -16:54:53.4 40.434 2.75 121.3 HIP 66231 35.65
2025-12-05 13:32:48.84 -16:55:27.7 40.425 2.71 121.6 HIP 66231 34.59
2025-12-06 13:32:52.70 -16:56:01.6 40.416 2.66 121.8 HIP 66231 33.55
2025-12-07 13:32:56.49 -16:56:35.4 40.407 2.66 121.8 HIP 66231 32.53