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C/2015 LC2 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2015 LC2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.901831
Eccentricity 0.999648
Inclination (deg) 93.750800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 223.704200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 342.006700
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 2171031.669288

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-05-01T02:31:29.280
Period (years) 2171031.669288

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 18:55:11.63 +74:00:46.6 22.442 7.03 124.8 HIP 92677 9.83
2025-11-22 18:55:45.11 +73:59:10.1 22.446 7.05 124.0 HIP 92677 12.62
2025-11-23 18:56:18.93 +73:57:35.4 22.450 7.06 123.2 HIP 93165 14.10
2025-11-24 18:56:53.08 +73:56:02.4 22.455 7.08 122.4 HIP 93165 13.94
2025-11-25 18:57:27.55 +73:54:31.2 22.459 7.09 121.6 HIP 93165 14.30
2025-11-26 18:58:02.34 +73:53:01.7 22.463 7.10 120.9 HIP 93165 15.15
2025-11-27 18:58:37.44 +73:51:34.1 22.468 7.12 120.1 HIP 93165 16.41
2025-11-28 18:59:12.83 +73:50:08.3 22.472 7.13 119.3 HIP 93165 18.01
2025-11-29 18:59:48.52 +73:48:44.3 22.476 7.14 118.5 HIP 93165 19.86
2025-11-30 19:00:24.49 +73:47:22.1 22.481 7.16 117.8 HIP 93165 21.90
2025-12-01 19:01:00.74 +73:46:01.9 22.486 7.17 117.0 HIP 93165 24.08
2025-12-02 19:01:37.25 +73:44:43.5 22.490 7.18 116.3 HIP 93573 23.37
2025-12-03 19:02:14.03 +73:43:27.1 22.495 7.20 115.5 HIP 93573 21.38
2025-12-04 19:02:51.05 +73:42:12.5 22.500 7.21 114.7 HIP 93573 19.65
2025-12-05 19:03:28.33 +73:40:59.9 22.505 7.22 114.0 HIP 93573 18.25
2025-12-06 19:04:05.85 +73:39:49.2 22.510 7.23 113.2 HIP 93573 17.27
2025-12-07 19:04:43.60 +73:38:40.5 22.515 7.23 113.2 HIP 93573 16.78