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C/2012 LP26 (Palomar)

Basic Information of C/2012 LP26 (Palomar)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 6.573184
Eccentricity 1.001597
Inclination (deg) 25.358700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 154.080400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 145.348000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPC112389, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-08-12T21:28:22.080

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 03:42:22.41 -07:01:44.3 20.998 5.89 259.2 HIP 17274 37.14
2025-11-22 03:42:13.08 -07:02:10.8 21.004 5.88 259.7 HIP 17274 37.26
2025-11-23 03:42:03.76 -07:02:35.9 21.011 5.86 260.3 HIP 17101 37.47
2025-11-24 03:41:54.45 -07:02:59.6 21.018 5.83 260.8 HIP 17101 35.58
2025-11-25 03:41:45.17 -07:03:21.9 21.026 5.81 261.4 HIP 17101 33.73
2025-11-26 03:41:35.91 -07:03:42.8 21.034 5.78 261.9 HIP 17101 31.94
2025-11-27 03:41:26.67 -07:04:02.3 21.042 5.76 262.5 HIP 17101 30.21
2025-11-28 03:41:17.47 -07:04:20.3 21.050 5.73 263.1 HIP 17101 28.56
2025-11-29 03:41:08.31 -07:04:36.9 21.058 5.70 263.6 HIP 17101 27.00
2025-11-30 03:40:59.18 -07:04:52.0 21.067 5.66 264.2 HIP 17101 25.53
2025-12-01 03:40:50.10 -07:05:05.7 21.076 5.63 264.8 HIP 17101 24.18
2025-12-02 03:40:41.06 -07:05:18.0 21.086 5.59 265.4 HIP 17101 22.97
2025-12-03 03:40:32.07 -07:05:28.8 21.095 5.55 266.0 HIP 17101 21.90
2025-12-04 03:40:23.14 -07:05:38.2 21.105 5.52 266.6 HIP 17101 21.00
2025-12-05 03:40:14.26 -07:05:46.1 21.115 5.48 267.2 HIP 17101 20.28
2025-12-06 03:40:05.45 -07:05:52.5 21.126 5.43 267.8 HIP 17101 19.77
2025-12-07 03:39:56.69 -07:05:57.5 21.136 5.43 267.8 HIP 17101 19.47