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C/2014 QU2 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2014 QU2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.223196
Eccentricity 0.990876
Inclination (deg) 124.815000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 333.000200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 320.463400
Epoch 2014-07-02T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 3803.546356

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2014-07-09T21:22:01.920
Period (years) 3803.546356

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 15:24:43.07 +33:40:29.2 26.616 4.97 93.7 HIP 75497 10.39
2025-11-22 15:24:52.61 +33:40:21.4 26.616 4.96 92.9 HIP 75497 9.16
2025-11-23 15:25:02.14 +33:40:15.5 26.616 4.94 92.0 HIP 75497 8.21
2025-11-24 15:25:11.63 +33:40:11.4 26.616 4.93 91.1 HIP 75497 7.63
2025-11-25 15:25:21.11 +33:40:09.1 26.615 4.91 90.2 HIP 75497 7.50
2025-11-26 15:25:30.55 +33:40:08.7 26.614 4.90 89.3 HIP 75497 7.86
2025-11-27 15:25:39.96 +33:40:10.2 26.613 4.88 88.4 HIP 75497 8.62
2025-11-28 15:25:49.34 +33:40:13.5 26.612 4.86 87.4 HIP 75497 9.70
2025-11-29 15:25:58.68 +33:40:18.7 26.611 4.85 86.5 HIP 75497 10.99
2025-11-30 15:26:07.98 +33:40:25.7 26.609 4.83 85.6 HIP 75497 12.43
2025-12-01 15:26:17.24 +33:40:34.6 26.608 4.81 84.7 HIP 75497 13.97
2025-12-02 15:26:26.45 +33:40:45.3 26.606 4.79 83.7 HIP 75497 15.57
2025-12-03 15:26:35.61 +33:40:57.9 26.604 4.78 82.8 HIP 75497 17.21
2025-12-04 15:26:44.73 +33:41:12.4 26.602 4.76 81.8 HIP 75497 18.89
2025-12-05 15:26:53.79 +33:41:28.6 26.600 4.74 80.8 HIP 75497 20.59
2025-12-06 15:27:02.79 +33:41:46.7 26.597 4.73 79.9 HIP 75497 22.30
2025-12-07 15:27:11.74 +33:42:06.7 26.595 4.73 79.9 HIP 75497 24.02