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C/2014 W8 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2014 W8 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.014268
Eccentricity 0.975714
Inclination (deg) 41.886600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 224.827800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 228.239000
Epoch 2015-09-15T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 2966.725245

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-09-11T04:50:26.880
Period (years) 2966.725245

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 14:24:49.41 -19:18:17.4 23.045 6.79 105.2 HIP 70415 7.48
2025-11-22 14:25:00.52 -19:19:00.1 23.044 6.76 105.2 HIP 70415 9.67
2025-11-23 14:25:11.58 -19:19:42.7 23.042 6.72 105.3 HIP 70415 12.06
2025-11-24 14:25:22.56 -19:20:25.1 23.041 6.68 105.3 HIP 70415 14.54
2025-11-25 14:25:33.48 -19:21:07.4 23.038 6.63 105.3 HIP 70415 17.07
2025-11-26 14:25:44.33 -19:21:49.5 23.036 6.59 105.4 HIP 70598 17.66
2025-11-27 14:25:55.11 -19:22:31.5 23.033 6.54 105.4 HIP 70598 15.82
2025-11-28 14:26:05.81 -19:23:13.2 23.030 6.50 105.5 HIP 70598 14.24
2025-11-29 14:26:16.43 -19:23:54.7 23.027 6.45 105.5 HIP 70598 13.01
2025-11-30 14:26:26.97 -19:24:36.0 23.023 6.40 105.5 HIP 70598 12.21
2025-12-01 14:26:37.43 -19:25:17.1 23.020 6.34 105.5 HIP 70598 11.93
2025-12-02 14:26:47.80 -19:25:57.9 23.016 6.29 105.6 HIP 70598 12.18
2025-12-03 14:26:58.08 -19:26:38.4 23.011 6.24 105.6 HIP 70598 12.92
2025-12-04 14:27:08.27 -19:27:18.7 23.007 6.18 105.6 HIP 70598 14.07
2025-12-05 14:27:18.37 -19:27:58.6 23.002 6.12 105.7 HIP 70598 15.52
2025-12-06 14:27:28.38 -19:28:38.3 22.997 6.06 105.7 HIP 70598 17.19
2025-12-07 14:27:38.29 -19:29:17.7 22.992 6.06 105.7 HIP 70598 19.01