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P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.155759
Eccentricity 0.852822
Inclination (deg) 172.519900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 277.096400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 249.276600
Epoch 2015-02-27T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 22.005771

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2037-02-24T02:19:57.778
Period (years) 22.005771

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 14:02:41.16 -05:28:31.9 15.410 7.54 105.6 HIP 68592 10.85
2025-11-22 14:02:52.83 -05:29:20.6 15.402 7.46 105.4 HIP 68592 11.21
2025-11-23 14:03:04.40 -05:30:08.3 15.393 7.39 105.3 HIP 68592 12.32
2025-11-24 14:03:15.86 -05:30:54.9 15.384 7.31 105.1 HIP 68592 13.98
2025-11-25 14:03:27.21 -05:31:40.5 15.375 7.23 104.9 HIP 68739 14.70
2025-11-26 14:03:38.44 -05:32:25.0 15.366 7.15 104.7 HIP 68739 13.10
2025-11-27 14:03:49.56 -05:33:08.4 15.356 7.06 104.4 HIP 68739 12.00
2025-11-28 14:04:00.56 -05:33:50.7 15.346 6.98 104.2 HIP 68739 11.50
2025-11-29 14:04:11.43 -05:34:31.8 15.336 6.89 104.0 HIP 68739 11.67
2025-11-30 14:04:22.18 -05:35:11.9 15.326 6.80 103.8 HIP 68739 12.46
2025-12-01 14:04:32.79 -05:35:50.7 15.315 6.71 103.6 HIP 68739 13.73
2025-12-02 14:04:43.27 -05:36:28.4 15.304 6.61 103.3 HIP 68739 15.35
2025-12-03 14:04:53.62 -05:37:04.9 15.293 6.51 103.1 HIP 68739 17.21
2025-12-04 14:05:03.82 -05:37:40.3 15.282 6.41 102.8 HIP 68739 19.21
2025-12-05 14:05:13.87 -05:38:14.4 15.271 6.31 102.5 HIP 68739 21.30
2025-12-06 14:05:23.78 -05:38:47.3 15.259 6.21 102.3 HIP 68936 20.82
2025-12-07 14:05:33.54 -05:39:19.0 15.247 6.21 102.3 HIP 68936 18.81