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C/2013 F2 (Catalina)

Basic Information of C/2013 F2 (Catalina)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 6.193997
Eccentricity 0.991530
Inclination (deg) 61.903600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 344.384100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 122.748100
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 19775.677477

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2013-04-17T18:04:36.480
Period (years) 19775.677477

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 11:52:20.54 -57:05:17.1 26.056 6.22 155.1 HIP 57870 6.17
2025-11-22 11:52:28.27 -57:07:32.4 26.055 6.20 155.8 HIP 57870 8.62
2025-11-23 11:52:35.78 -57:09:48.2 26.053 6.19 156.5 HIP 57870 11.08
2025-11-24 11:52:43.06 -57:12:04.5 26.052 6.18 157.3 HIP 57870 13.55
2025-11-25 11:52:50.11 -57:14:21.2 26.050 6.16 158.0 HIP 58041 15.03
2025-11-26 11:52:56.93 -57:16:38.3 26.048 6.15 158.8 HIP 58041 12.84
2025-11-27 11:53:03.51 -57:18:55.8 26.046 6.13 159.6 HIP 58041 10.79
2025-11-28 11:53:09.86 -57:21:13.6 26.044 6.11 160.3 HIP 58041 8.97
2025-11-29 11:53:15.97 -57:23:31.7 26.042 6.10 161.1 HIP 58041 7.56
2025-11-30 11:53:21.84 -57:25:50.2 26.039 6.08 161.9 HIP 58041 6.80
2025-12-01 11:53:27.47 -57:28:08.8 26.037 6.06 162.7 HIP 58041 6.90
2025-12-02 11:53:32.85 -57:30:27.7 26.034 6.04 163.4 HIP 58041 7.83
2025-12-03 11:53:37.98 -57:32:46.7 26.031 6.03 164.2 HIP 58041 9.33
2025-12-04 11:53:42.87 -57:35:05.9 26.028 6.01 165.0 HIP 58041 11.17
2025-12-05 11:53:47.50 -57:37:25.2 26.025 5.99 165.9 HIP 58041 13.21
2025-12-06 11:53:51.88 -57:39:44.6 26.022 5.97 166.7 HIP 58041 15.36
2025-12-07 11:53:56.01 -57:42:04.1 26.019 5.97 166.7 HIP 57871 15.32