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C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring)

Basic Information of C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.720991
Eccentricity 0.990384
Inclination (deg) 96.588400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 346.494800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 271.536500
Epoch 2020-05-31T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 4759.912573

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2010-10-10T20:18:57.600
Period (years) 4759.912573

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 20:40:32.54 +42:44:51.3 31.384 3.71 155.9 HIP 102154 20.40
2025-11-22 20:40:35.84 +42:43:30.1 31.397 3.70 154.6 HIP 102154 19.07
2025-11-23 20:40:39.30 +42:42:09.9 31.410 3.70 153.3 HIP 102154 17.74
2025-11-24 20:40:42.92 +42:40:50.6 31.424 3.69 152.0 HIP 102154 16.43
2025-11-25 20:40:46.69 +42:39:32.3 31.437 3.69 150.7 HIP 102154 15.13
2025-11-26 20:40:50.61 +42:38:15.1 31.450 3.69 149.4 HIP 102154 13.86
2025-11-27 20:40:54.68 +42:36:58.9 31.464 3.68 148.2 HIP 102154 12.61
2025-11-28 20:40:58.91 +42:35:43.8 31.477 3.68 146.9 HIP 102154 11.39
2025-11-29 20:41:03.28 +42:34:29.8 31.490 3.68 145.6 HIP 102154 10.22
2025-11-30 20:41:07.79 +42:33:16.9 31.504 3.68 144.3 HIP 102154 9.11
2025-12-01 20:41:12.45 +42:32:05.1 31.517 3.68 143.1 HIP 102154 8.10
2025-12-02 20:41:17.25 +42:30:54.5 31.530 3.68 141.8 HIP 102154 7.22
2025-12-03 20:41:22.19 +42:29:45.0 31.544 3.68 140.5 HIP 102154 6.52
2025-12-04 20:41:27.27 +42:28:36.8 31.557 3.69 139.3 HIP 102154 6.07
2025-12-05 20:41:32.49 +42:27:29.7 31.570 3.69 138.0 HIP 102154 5.93
2025-12-06 20:41:37.84 +42:26:23.9 31.583 3.69 136.8 HIP 102154 6.12
2025-12-07 20:41:43.32 +42:25:19.3 31.597 3.69 136.8 HIP 102154 6.61