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C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.670209
Eccentricity 0.998344
Inclination (deg) 81.998600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 69.962800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 85.009400
Epoch 2016-02-22T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 64748.153014

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-03-10T11:35:39.840
Period (years) 64748.153014

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 16:25:39.97 -65:38:51.3 23.826 6.17 96.9 HIP 80395 7.92
2025-11-22 16:26:03.73 -65:39:09.0 23.834 6.19 97.5 HIP 80395 9.91
2025-11-23 16:26:27.55 -65:39:28.3 23.843 6.21 98.1 HIP 80575 9.17
2025-11-24 16:26:51.42 -65:39:49.2 23.851 6.23 98.7 HIP 80627 7.54
2025-11-25 16:27:15.34 -65:40:11.6 23.858 6.25 99.3 HIP 80627 5.56
2025-11-26 16:27:39.29 -65:40:35.7 23.866 6.27 99.9 HIP 80627 4.15
2025-11-27 16:28:03.28 -65:41:01.4 23.873 6.28 100.5 HIP 80627 3.96
2025-11-28 16:28:27.29 -65:41:28.7 23.881 6.30 101.0 HIP 80627 5.16
2025-11-29 16:28:51.33 -65:41:57.5 23.888 6.31 101.6 HIP 80627 7.07
2025-11-30 16:29:15.38 -65:42:27.9 23.895 6.33 102.2 HIP 80627 9.27
2025-12-01 16:29:39.44 -65:43:00.0 23.901 6.34 102.8 HIP 80627 11.60
2025-12-02 16:30:03.50 -65:43:33.4 23.908 6.35 103.4 HIP 80627 13.99
2025-12-03 16:30:27.57 -65:44:08.5 23.914 6.36 103.9 HIP 80627 16.43
2025-12-04 16:30:51.63 -65:44:45.2 23.920 6.38 104.5 HIP 80627 18.89
2025-12-05 16:31:15.68 -65:45:23.4 23.925 6.39 105.1 HIP 80627 21.36
2025-12-06 16:31:39.71 -65:46:03.1 23.931 6.39 105.6 HIP 81174 20.42
2025-12-07 16:32:03.73 -65:46:44.4 23.936 6.39 105.6 HIP 81174 17.87