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C/2015 F3 (SWAN)

Basic Information of C/2015 F3 (SWAN)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.827851
Eccentricity 0.995393
Inclination (deg) 73.984300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 31.929900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 57.317500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 2408.801141

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-03-08T21:24:11.520
Period (years) 2408.801141

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 13:49:25.04 -48:41:13.9 26.871 5.57 127.0 HIP 67524 12.76
2025-11-22 13:49:35.83 -48:42:34.2 26.872 5.56 127.5 HIP 67524 13.11
2025-11-23 13:49:46.51 -48:43:55.4 26.872 5.54 128.1 HIP 67524 13.84
2025-11-24 13:49:57.10 -48:45:17.4 26.872 5.52 128.7 HIP 67524 14.88
2025-11-25 13:50:07.57 -48:46:40.2 26.872 5.51 129.2 HIP 67524 16.18
2025-11-26 13:50:17.93 -48:48:03.8 26.872 5.49 129.8 HIP 67695 17.01
2025-11-27 13:50:28.18 -48:49:28.1 26.872 5.47 130.4 HIP 67695 15.27
2025-11-28 13:50:38.31 -48:50:53.2 26.871 5.45 131.0 HIP 67695 13.68
2025-11-29 13:50:48.32 -48:52:18.9 26.870 5.43 131.6 HIP 67695 12.30
2025-11-30 13:50:58.21 -48:53:45.4 26.869 5.41 132.2 HIP 67695 11.21
2025-12-01 13:51:07.96 -48:55:12.5 26.868 5.39 132.8 HIP 67695 10.49
2025-12-02 13:51:17.59 -48:56:40.3 26.867 5.36 133.4 HIP 67695 10.20
2025-12-03 13:51:27.09 -48:58:08.7 26.865 5.34 134.0 HIP 67695 10.39
2025-12-04 13:51:36.46 -48:59:37.7 26.863 5.32 134.6 HIP 67695 11.02
2025-12-05 13:51:45.69 -49:01:07.3 26.861 5.29 135.3 HIP 67695 12.02
2025-12-06 13:51:54.77 -49:02:37.4 26.858 5.26 135.9 HIP 67695 13.30
2025-12-07 13:52:03.72 -49:04:08.1 26.856 5.26 135.9 HIP 67695 14.78