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C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.253851
Eccentricity 1.007681
Inclination (deg) 108.795700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 258.469800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 212.757600
Epoch 2015-09-15T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-09-02T17:09:01.440

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 17:38:04.23 -46:27:52.1 23.308 5.82 72.8 HIP 86295 7.31
2025-11-22 17:38:17.14 -46:27:10.8 23.319 5.84 73.3 HIP 86295 8.57
2025-11-23 17:38:30.14 -46:26:30.6 23.331 5.87 73.8 HIP 86363 8.29
2025-11-24 17:38:43.23 -46:25:51.2 23.342 5.90 74.3 HIP 86363 7.00
2025-11-25 17:38:56.40 -46:25:12.8 23.353 5.92 74.7 HIP 86363 6.36
2025-11-26 17:39:09.65 -46:24:35.4 23.364 5.94 75.2 HIP 86363 6.59
2025-11-27 17:39:22.99 -46:23:58.9 23.374 5.97 75.6 HIP 86363 7.61
2025-11-28 17:39:36.39 -46:23:23.3 23.384 5.99 76.1 HIP 86363 9.16
2025-11-29 17:39:49.87 -46:22:48.8 23.394 6.00 76.5 HIP 86363 11.04
2025-11-30 17:40:03.41 -46:22:15.1 23.404 6.02 76.9 HIP 86363 13.11
2025-12-01 17:40:17.01 -46:21:42.4 23.413 6.04 77.4 HIP 86363 15.28
2025-12-02 17:40:30.67 -46:21:10.7 23.422 6.05 77.8 HIP 86363 17.53
2025-12-03 17:40:44.38 -46:20:39.9 23.431 6.07 78.2 HIP 86658 16.93
2025-12-04 17:40:58.15 -46:20:10.0 23.440 6.08 78.6 HIP 86658 14.51
2025-12-05 17:41:11.96 -46:19:41.1 23.448 6.09 79.0 HIP 86658 12.08
2025-12-06 17:41:25.82 -46:19:13.2 23.456 6.10 79.4 HIP 86658 9.64
2025-12-07 17:41:39.72 -46:18:46.2 23.464 6.10 79.4 HIP 86658 7.21