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C/2012 V2 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2012 V2 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.459335
Eccentricity 0.996487
Inclination (deg) 67.465600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 262.145800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 217.384500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 8466.721471

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2013-08-11T03:31:32.160
Period (years) 8466.721471

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 17:42:37.27 -13:00:40.1 29.179 4.75 93.1 HIP 86565 19.43
2025-11-22 17:42:45.06 -13:00:46.3 29.191 4.79 93.0 HIP 86565 21.20
2025-11-23 17:42:52.91 -13:00:52.2 29.203 4.82 92.8 HIP 86565 23.01
2025-11-24 17:43:00.82 -13:00:57.8 29.214 4.85 92.6 HIP 86565 24.85
2025-11-25 17:43:08.78 -13:01:03.0 29.225 4.88 92.4 HIP 86565 26.71
2025-11-26 17:43:16.79 -13:01:07.9 29.236 4.91 92.2 HIP 86565 28.59
2025-11-27 17:43:24.86 -13:01:12.4 29.246 4.94 92.0 HIP 86769 29.86
2025-11-28 17:43:32.97 -13:01:16.6 29.257 4.97 91.8 HIP 86769 29.47
2025-11-29 17:43:41.12 -13:01:20.3 29.267 4.99 91.6 HIP 86769 29.22
2025-11-30 17:43:49.32 -13:01:23.8 29.276 5.02 91.5 HIP 86769 29.11
2025-12-01 17:43:57.56 -13:01:26.9 29.286 5.04 91.3 HIP 86769 29.14
2025-12-02 17:44:05.84 -13:01:29.6 29.295 5.06 91.1 HIP 86769 29.32
2025-12-03 17:44:14.15 -13:01:31.9 29.304 5.08 90.9 HIP 86938 29.44
2025-12-04 17:44:22.50 -13:01:33.9 29.313 5.10 90.7 HIP 86938 27.78
2025-12-05 17:44:30.88 -13:01:35.4 29.321 5.12 90.6 HIP 86938 26.17
2025-12-06 17:44:39.29 -13:01:36.7 29.329 5.14 90.4 HIP 86938 24.62
2025-12-07 17:44:47.73 -13:01:37.5 29.337 5.14 90.4 HIP 86938 23.15