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C/2009 S3 (Lemmon)

Basic Information of C/2009 S3 (Lemmon)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 6.462964
Eccentricity 1.000612
Inclination (deg) 60.315900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 225.007000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 129.810000
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2011-12-14T17:11:36.960

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 06:36:57.09 -33:53:04.5 27.153 4.85 230.2 HIP 31701 27.30
2025-11-22 06:36:49.91 -33:54:19.0 27.151 4.86 231.3 HIP 31701 26.88
2025-11-23 06:36:42.61 -33:55:32.0 27.148 4.86 232.3 HIP 31374 25.23
2025-11-24 06:36:35.18 -33:56:43.3 27.146 4.87 233.4 HIP 31374 23.50
2025-11-25 06:36:27.65 -33:57:53.0 27.144 4.88 234.4 HIP 31374 21.78
2025-11-26 06:36:20.00 -33:59:01.1 27.142 4.88 235.5 HIP 31374 20.09
2025-11-27 06:36:12.24 -34:00:07.4 27.140 4.89 236.5 HIP 31374 18.42
2025-11-28 06:36:04.37 -34:01:12.2 27.138 4.89 237.5 HIP 31374 16.80
2025-11-29 06:35:56.40 -34:02:15.1 27.137 4.90 238.6 HIP 31374 15.23
2025-11-30 06:35:48.33 -34:03:16.4 27.135 4.90 239.6 HIP 31374 13.73
2025-12-01 06:35:40.16 -34:04:16.0 27.134 4.91 240.6 HIP 31374 12.33
2025-12-02 06:35:31.90 -34:05:13.7 27.133 4.91 241.6 HIP 31374 11.08
2025-12-03 06:35:23.54 -34:06:09.7 27.132 4.92 242.6 HIP 31374 10.03
2025-12-04 06:35:15.10 -34:07:03.9 27.131 4.92 243.7 HIP 31374 9.24
2025-12-05 06:35:06.58 -34:07:56.3 27.130 4.93 244.7 HIP 31374 8.80
2025-12-06 06:34:57.97 -34:08:46.9 27.130 4.93 245.7 HIP 31374 8.75
2025-12-07 06:34:49.28 -34:09:35.7 27.129 4.93 245.7 HIP 31374 9.11