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C/2005 P3 (SWAN)

Basic Information of C/2005 P3 (SWAN)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.524447
Eccentricity 0.987837
Inclination (deg) 89.053300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 242.627600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 32.027700
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 283.133559

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2005-08-13T19:53:02.400
Period (years) 283.133559

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 04:21:09.54 -01:07:08.1 36.119 4.14 256.9 HIP 20257 15.60
2025-11-22 04:21:03.09 -01:07:30.6 36.121 4.14 257.3 HIP 20257 14.30
2025-11-23 04:20:56.62 -01:07:52.5 36.124 4.15 257.7 HIP 20257 13.09
2025-11-24 04:20:50.14 -01:08:13.8 36.126 4.15 258.0 HIP 20257 11.99
2025-11-25 04:20:43.65 -01:08:34.4 36.129 4.14 258.4 HIP 20257 11.04
2025-11-26 04:20:37.15 -01:08:54.4 36.132 4.14 258.8 HIP 20257 10.28
2025-11-27 04:20:30.65 -01:09:13.7 36.136 4.14 259.2 HIP 20257 9.76
2025-11-28 04:20:24.15 -01:09:32.4 36.140 4.13 259.6 HIP 20257 9.51
2025-11-29 04:20:17.64 -01:09:50.3 36.144 4.13 259.9 HIP 20257 9.56
2025-11-30 04:20:11.14 -01:10:07.6 36.148 4.12 260.3 HIP 20257 9.90
2025-12-01 04:20:04.64 -01:10:24.3 36.153 4.11 260.7 HIP 20257 10.50
2025-12-02 04:19:58.14 -01:10:40.2 36.158 4.10 261.1 HIP 20257 11.32
2025-12-03 04:19:51.66 -01:10:55.5 36.163 4.09 261.5 HIP 20257 12.31
2025-12-04 04:19:45.18 -01:11:10.1 36.168 4.08 261.8 HIP 20257 13.43
2025-12-05 04:19:38.72 -01:11:24.0 36.174 4.07 262.2 HIP 20257 14.66
2025-12-06 04:19:32.27 -01:11:37.2 36.180 4.05 262.6 HIP 20257 15.96
2025-12-07 04:19:25.83 -01:11:49.7 36.186 4.05 262.6 HIP 20257 17.31