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C/2005 S4 (McNaught)

Basic Information of C/2005 S4 (McNaught)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.886283
Eccentricity 0.999405
Inclination (deg) 108.112600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 318.324200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 31.648200
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 983979.971732

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2007-07-19T14:22:42.240
Period (years) 983979.971732

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 10:16:30.38 +28:25:39.3 34.108 0.97 351.6 HIP 50316 15.32
2025-11-22 10:16:30.12 +28:26:02.2 34.095 1.01 347.8 HIP 50316 14.93
2025-11-23 10:16:29.73 +28:26:25.8 34.082 1.05 344.3 HIP 50316 14.54
2025-11-24 10:16:29.21 +28:26:50.0 34.069 1.10 341.0 HIP 50316 14.13
2025-11-25 10:16:28.56 +28:27:14.9 34.056 1.15 338.1 HIP 50316 13.71
2025-11-26 10:16:27.78 +28:27:40.5 34.044 1.20 335.3 HIP 50316 13.29
2025-11-27 10:16:26.87 +28:28:06.6 34.031 1.25 332.8 HIP 50316 12.85
2025-11-28 10:16:25.83 +28:28:33.4 34.018 1.31 330.5 HIP 50316 12.42
2025-11-29 10:16:24.65 +28:29:00.8 34.005 1.37 328.4 HIP 50316 11.97
2025-11-30 10:16:23.35 +28:29:28.8 33.993 1.43 326.5 HIP 50316 11.53
2025-12-01 10:16:21.91 +28:29:57.4 33.980 1.49 324.7 HIP 50316 11.09
2025-12-02 10:16:20.34 +28:30:26.6 33.968 1.55 323.0 HIP 50316 10.66
2025-12-03 10:16:18.65 +28:30:56.3 33.956 1.61 321.5 HIP 50316 10.24
2025-12-04 10:16:16.82 +28:31:26.6 33.943 1.68 320.1 HIP 50316 9.84
2025-12-05 10:16:14.86 +28:31:57.4 33.931 1.74 318.7 HIP 50316 9.46
2025-12-06 10:16:12.77 +28:32:28.7 33.919 1.80 317.5 HIP 50316 9.13
2025-12-07 10:16:10.55 +28:33:00.6 33.907 1.80 317.5 HIP 50316 8.84