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C/2013 S1 (Catalina)

Basic Information of C/2013 S1 (Catalina)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.808296
Eccentricity 0.998446
Inclination (deg) 84.102500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 221.318000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 165.826900
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 76822.387543

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2013-08-03T08:56:58.560
Period (years) 76822.387543

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 12:17:38.68 -57:55:50.4 27.955 5.08 142.2 HIP 59965 5.31
2025-11-22 12:17:48.09 -57:57:26.7 27.955 5.06 142.9 HIP 59965 6.51
2025-11-23 12:17:57.29 -57:59:03.7 27.954 5.04 143.7 HIP 59965 8.06
2025-11-24 12:18:06.30 -58:00:41.2 27.954 5.02 144.5 HIP 59965 9.79
2025-11-25 12:18:15.10 -58:02:19.4 27.953 5.00 145.3 HIP 60010 8.57
2025-11-26 12:18:23.70 -58:03:58.0 27.952 4.98 146.2 HIP 60010 6.81
2025-11-27 12:18:32.09 -58:05:37.2 27.951 4.95 147.0 HIP 60010 5.20
2025-11-28 12:18:40.26 -58:07:16.8 27.950 4.93 147.8 HIP 60010 3.94
2025-11-29 12:18:48.23 -58:08:56.9 27.948 4.91 148.6 HIP 60010 3.42
2025-11-30 12:18:55.97 -58:10:37.4 27.947 4.88 149.5 HIP 60010 3.92
2025-12-01 12:19:03.50 -58:12:18.4 27.945 4.86 150.3 HIP 60010 5.15
2025-12-02 12:19:10.81 -58:13:59.6 27.943 4.83 151.2 HIP 60010 6.70
2025-12-03 12:19:17.89 -58:15:41.2 27.941 4.81 152.0 HIP 60010 8.40
2025-12-04 12:19:24.75 -58:17:23.2 27.939 4.78 152.9 HIP 60010 10.16
2025-12-05 12:19:31.39 -58:19:05.4 27.937 4.76 153.8 HIP 60010 11.95
2025-12-06 12:19:37.79 -58:20:47.8 27.934 4.73 154.7 HIP 60010 13.75
2025-12-07 12:19:43.96 -58:22:30.5 27.932 4.73 154.7 HIP 60010 15.57