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P/2012 WA34 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of P/2012 WA34 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.071484
Eccentricity 0.343433
Inclination (deg) 6.082600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 93.551400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 356.691100
Epoch 2024-03-28T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2024-DC6, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 10.118213

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2023-07-09T02:34:56.640
Period (years) 10.118213

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 14:23:50.59 -09:31:10.7 5.961 32.82 108.4 HIP 70187 33.89
2025-11-22 14:24:41.13 -09:35:19.2 5.957 32.70 108.3 HIP 70302 45.60
2025-11-23 14:25:31.51 -09:39:25.5 5.953 32.57 108.2 HIP 70688 44.00
2025-11-24 14:26:21.73 -09:43:29.7 5.949 32.44 108.1 HIP 70688 33.39
2025-11-25 14:27:11.79 -09:47:31.6 5.945 32.30 108.0 HIP 70784 23.50
2025-11-26 14:28:01.67 -09:51:31.3 5.940 32.16 107.9 HIP 70784 11.49
2025-11-27 14:28:51.36 -09:55:28.8 5.935 32.02 107.8 HIP 70784 6.75
2025-11-28 14:29:40.87 -09:59:24.0 5.930 31.87 107.7 HIP 70784 16.98
2025-11-29 14:30:30.19 -10:03:16.9 5.925 31.72 107.7 HIP 70784 29.26
2025-11-30 14:31:19.32 -10:07:07.5 5.920 31.56 107.6 HIP 71118 28.51
2025-12-01 14:32:08.23 -10:10:55.8 5.914 31.40 107.5 HIP 71188 25.96
2025-12-02 14:32:56.94 -10:14:41.7 5.908 31.24 107.4 HIP 71188 20.95
2025-12-03 14:33:45.43 -10:18:25.2 5.902 31.08 107.3 HIP 71188 22.75
2025-12-04 14:34:33.70 -10:22:06.4 5.896 30.91 107.2 HIP 71188 30.08
2025-12-05 14:35:21.75 -10:25:45.2 5.890 30.74 107.1 HIP 71290 28.33
2025-12-06 14:36:09.57 -10:29:21.6 5.883 30.57 107.0 HIP 71290 31.21
2025-12-07 14:36:57.15 -10:32:55.5 5.877 30.57 107.0 HIP 71632 30.30