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C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)

Basic Information of C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.811826
Eccentricity 0.998428
Inclination (deg) 64.041000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 70.711200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 67.166300
Epoch 2013-12-14T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 11735.878960

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2013-12-22T17:35:39.840
Period (years) 11735.878960

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 18:34:42.34 -64:07:58.0 28.957 4.71 63.8 HIP 90773 23.07
2025-11-22 18:34:57.83 -64:07:08.0 28.969 4.74 64.5 HIP 90773 24.76
2025-11-23 18:35:13.50 -64:06:19.0 28.981 4.77 65.2 HIP 90773 26.50
2025-11-24 18:35:29.34 -64:05:31.0 28.993 4.79 65.9 HIP 90773 28.28
2025-11-25 18:35:45.35 -64:04:44.0 29.004 4.82 66.6 HIP 90773 30.09
2025-11-26 18:36:01.53 -64:03:58.1 29.016 4.84 67.3 HIP 90773 31.94
2025-11-27 18:36:17.86 -64:03:13.1 29.027 4.87 68.0 HIP 90773 33.80
2025-11-28 18:36:34.34 -64:02:29.2 29.038 4.89 68.6 HIP 90773 35.69
2025-11-29 18:36:50.98 -64:01:46.4 29.048 4.91 69.3 HIP 90773 37.60
2025-11-30 18:37:07.76 -64:01:04.6 29.059 4.93 69.9 HIP 91701 36.98
2025-12-01 18:37:24.68 -64:00:23.9 29.069 4.96 70.6 HIP 91701 35.76
2025-12-02 18:37:41.73 -63:59:44.2 29.079 4.98 71.2 HIP 91701 34.57
2025-12-03 18:37:58.92 -63:59:05.7 29.089 5.00 71.8 HIP 91701 33.44
2025-12-04 18:38:16.24 -63:58:28.2 29.099 5.02 72.5 HIP 91701 32.36
2025-12-05 18:38:33.68 -63:57:51.9 29.109 5.04 73.1 HIP 91701 31.35
2025-12-06 18:38:51.23 -63:57:16.6 29.118 5.06 73.7 HIP 91638 29.90
2025-12-07 18:39:08.91 -63:56:42.4 29.127 5.06 73.7 HIP 91638 28.40