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C/2013 TW5 (Spacewatch)

Basic Information of C/2013 TW5 (Spacewatch)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.814184
Eccentricity 0.974627
Inclination (deg) 31.402900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 319.676200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 190.219100
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 3468.769391

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2014-08-12T21:35:42.720
Period (years) 3468.769391

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 18:23:14.75 -45:29:43.8 24.144 6.18 72.2 HIP 90261 18.80
2025-11-22 18:23:28.18 -45:28:58.3 24.157 6.22 72.6 HIP 90261 16.42
2025-11-23 18:23:41.72 -45:28:13.5 24.170 6.27 73.0 HIP 90261 14.06
2025-11-24 18:23:55.39 -45:27:29.5 24.183 6.31 73.4 HIP 90261 11.72
2025-11-25 18:24:09.17 -45:26:46.1 24.196 6.35 73.8 HIP 90261 9.45
2025-11-26 18:24:23.06 -45:26:03.4 24.208 6.39 74.1 HIP 90261 7.32
2025-11-27 18:24:37.07 -45:25:21.5 24.221 6.42 74.5 HIP 90261 5.52
2025-11-28 18:24:51.18 -45:24:40.3 24.233 6.46 74.9 HIP 90261 4.50
2025-11-29 18:25:05.39 -45:23:59.7 24.244 6.50 75.2 HIP 90261 4.80
2025-11-30 18:25:19.70 -45:23:20.0 24.256 6.53 75.6 HIP 90261 6.26
2025-12-01 18:25:34.11 -45:22:40.9 24.267 6.56 75.9 HIP 90261 8.30
2025-12-02 18:25:48.61 -45:22:02.6 24.278 6.59 76.3 HIP 90261 10.60
2025-12-03 18:26:03.19 -45:21:25.1 24.289 6.62 76.6 HIP 90261 13.03
2025-12-04 18:26:17.87 -45:20:48.3 24.300 6.65 77.0 HIP 90261 15.53
2025-12-05 18:26:32.62 -45:20:12.2 24.310 6.68 77.3 HIP 90261 18.08
2025-12-06 18:26:47.45 -45:19:36.9 24.320 6.71 77.6 HIP 90261 20.67
2025-12-07 18:27:02.36 -45:19:02.3 24.330 6.71 77.6 HIP 90261 23.28