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C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 8.131819
Eccentricity 0.999344
Inclination (deg) 128.568000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 156.902500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 2.624700
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2020-L06, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 1380148.431196

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-04-25T06:14:24.000
Period (years) 1380148.431196

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 00:42:57.79 +62:46:52.4 19.684 8.97 217.3 HIP 3363 1.41
2025-11-22 00:42:38.80 +62:44:01.0 19.691 8.95 216.6 HIP 3363 2.23
2025-11-23 00:42:20.20 +62:41:08.4 19.699 8.94 215.8 HIP 3363 5.80
2025-11-24 00:42:02.00 +62:38:14.4 19.706 8.92 215.1 HIP 3363 9.38
2025-11-25 00:41:44.20 +62:35:19.2 19.714 8.89 214.3 HIP 3363 12.94
2025-11-26 00:41:26.80 +62:32:22.8 19.722 8.87 213.6 HIP 3363 16.50
2025-11-27 00:41:09.81 +62:29:25.3 19.730 8.85 212.8 HIP 3363 20.05
2025-11-28 00:40:53.23 +62:26:26.8 19.739 8.82 212.1 HIP 3363 23.58
2025-11-29 00:40:37.06 +62:23:27.3 19.747 8.80 211.3 HIP 3363 27.11
2025-11-30 00:40:21.31 +62:20:26.9 19.756 8.77 210.5 HIP 3363 30.63
2025-12-01 00:40:05.98 +62:17:25.6 19.765 8.74 209.8 HIP 3401 32.00
2025-12-02 00:39:51.06 +62:14:23.6 19.774 8.71 209.0 HIP 3401 31.26
2025-12-03 00:39:36.57 +62:11:20.8 19.783 8.68 208.3 HIP 3401 30.87
2025-12-04 00:39:22.49 +62:08:17.3 19.793 8.65 207.5 HIP 3401 30.82
2025-12-05 00:39:08.84 +62:05:13.1 19.802 8.62 206.7 HIP 2772 29.80
2025-12-06 00:38:55.61 +62:02:08.4 19.812 8.58 206.0 HIP 2772 27.13
2025-12-07 00:38:42.81 +61:59:03.2 19.822 8.58 206.0 HIP 2772 24.70