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C/2013 O3 (McNaught)

Basic Information of C/2013 O3 (McNaught)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.217128
Eccentricity 0.996098
Inclination (deg) 102.802700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 276.802300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 338.271500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 23673.998362

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2013-09-07T09:40:45.120
Period (years) 23673.998362

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 11:29:25.28 +74:05:26.2 26.613 4.80 16.6 HIP 56277 12.50
2025-11-22 11:29:33.28 +74:07:16.7 26.610 4.83 15.5 HIP 56277 11.38
2025-11-23 11:29:40.84 +74:09:08.3 26.606 4.85 14.4 HIP 56277 10.52
2025-11-24 11:29:47.92 +74:11:01.0 26.603 4.87 13.3 HIP 56277 10.00
2025-11-25 11:29:54.54 +74:12:54.8 26.600 4.90 12.3 HIP 56277 9.89
2025-11-26 11:30:00.68 +74:14:49.6 26.597 4.92 11.2 HIP 56277 10.18
2025-11-27 11:30:06.33 +74:16:45.4 26.594 4.94 10.2 HIP 56277 10.87
2025-11-28 11:30:11.50 +74:18:42.1 26.591 4.97 9.1 HIP 56277 11.89
2025-11-29 11:30:16.18 +74:20:39.8 26.588 4.99 8.1 HIP 56277 13.16
2025-11-30 11:30:20.36 +74:22:38.3 26.585 5.01 7.1 HIP 56277 14.62
2025-12-01 11:30:24.03 +74:24:37.7 26.583 5.04 6.1 HIP 56277 16.22
2025-12-02 11:30:27.20 +74:26:37.9 26.580 5.06 5.0 HIP 56277 17.93
2025-12-03 11:30:29.86 +74:28:38.9 26.578 5.08 4.0 HIP 56277 19.73
2025-12-04 11:30:31.99 +74:30:40.7 26.575 5.11 3.0 HIP 56277 21.59
2025-12-05 11:30:33.61 +74:32:43.1 26.573 5.13 2.0 HIP 56277 23.49
2025-12-06 11:30:34.70 +74:34:46.2 26.571 5.16 1.0 HIP 56277 25.44
2025-12-07 11:30:35.25 +74:36:49.9 26.569 5.16 1.0 HIP 56277 27.43