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C/2012 BJ98 (Lemmon)

Basic Information of C/2012 BJ98 (Lemmon)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.166996
Eccentricity 0.874745
Inclination (deg) 2.632100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 123.800000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 73.193200
Epoch 2083-12-07T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 71.960564

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2011-12-31T14:00:19.386
Period (years) 71.960564

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 23:49:13.08 -03:32:58.8 23.202 2.30 251.7 HIP 117325 34.59
2025-11-22 23:49:09.58 -03:33:16.2 23.220 2.20 252.0 HIP 117325 33.73
2025-11-23 23:49:06.23 -03:33:32.5 23.238 2.09 252.3 HIP 117325 32.90
2025-11-24 23:49:03.04 -03:33:47.7 23.256 1.99 252.7 HIP 117325 32.13
2025-11-25 23:49:00.00 -03:34:01.9 23.274 1.88 253.0 HIP 117325 31.39
2025-11-26 23:48:57.11 -03:34:15.1 23.293 1.78 253.5 HIP 117325 30.70
2025-11-27 23:48:54.38 -03:34:27.2 23.311 1.67 254.0 HIP 117325 30.05
2025-11-28 23:48:51.81 -03:34:38.3 23.330 1.56 254.5 HIP 117325 29.45
2025-11-29 23:48:49.40 -03:34:48.3 23.349 1.46 255.1 HIP 117325 28.89
2025-11-30 23:48:47.14 -03:34:57.3 23.368 1.35 255.9 HIP 117325 28.37
2025-12-01 23:48:45.05 -03:35:05.2 23.387 1.24 256.7 HIP 117325 27.90
2025-12-02 23:48:43.11 -03:35:12.0 23.406 1.13 257.7 HIP 117325 27.47
2025-12-03 23:48:41.33 -03:35:17.8 23.425 1.03 258.9 HIP 117325 27.08
2025-12-04 23:48:39.72 -03:35:22.5 23.444 0.92 260.4 HIP 117325 26.74
2025-12-05 23:48:38.26 -03:35:26.2 23.463 0.82 262.3 HIP 117325 26.44
2025-12-06 23:48:36.96 -03:35:28.9 23.483 0.71 264.7 HIP 117325 26.18
2025-12-07 23:48:35.83 -03:35:30.4 23.502 0.71 264.7 HIP 117325 25.97