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C/2014 W6 (Catalina)

Basic Information of C/2014 W6 (Catalina)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.091046
Eccentricity 0.999557
Inclination (deg) 53.449800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 338.149400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 209.864000
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 582844.379583

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-03-14T19:08:32.640
Period (years) 582844.379583

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 22:17:35.20 -20:38:45.8 24.523 1.57 358.6 HIP 110085 10.54
2025-11-22 22:17:35.14 -20:38:08.2 24.545 1.61 2.2 HIP 110085 10.03
2025-11-23 22:17:35.24 -20:37:29.6 24.566 1.65 5.6 HIP 110085 9.50
2025-11-24 22:17:35.52 -20:36:50.2 24.588 1.70 8.8 HIP 110085 8.95
2025-11-25 22:17:35.96 -20:36:10.0 24.610 1.75 11.9 HIP 110085 8.37
2025-11-26 22:17:36.58 -20:35:29.0 24.631 1.80 14.7 HIP 110085 7.78
2025-11-27 22:17:37.36 -20:34:47.1 24.653 1.86 17.4 HIP 110085 7.17
2025-11-28 22:17:38.31 -20:34:04.4 24.675 1.93 19.8 HIP 110085 6.53
2025-11-29 22:17:39.43 -20:33:21.0 24.696 1.99 22.1 HIP 110085 5.89
2025-11-30 22:17:40.71 -20:32:36.7 24.718 2.06 24.3 HIP 110085 5.24
2025-12-01 22:17:42.15 -20:31:51.7 24.739 2.13 26.3 HIP 110085 4.60
2025-12-02 22:17:43.77 -20:31:05.9 24.761 2.20 28.2 HIP 110085 3.98
2025-12-03 22:17:45.54 -20:30:19.4 24.782 2.27 29.9 HIP 110085 3.42
2025-12-04 22:17:47.48 -20:29:32.1 24.804 2.35 31.6 HIP 110085 2.98
2025-12-05 22:17:49.57 -20:28:44.2 24.825 2.42 33.1 HIP 110085 2.75
2025-12-06 22:17:51.83 -20:27:55.5 24.846 2.50 34.5 HIP 110085 2.81
2025-12-07 22:17:54.25 -20:27:06.0 24.867 2.50 34.5 HIP 110085 3.18