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C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen)

Basic Information of C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 9.386373
Eccentricity 0.670074
Inclination (deg) 11.019800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 311.251700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 62.222100
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPC102097, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 151.747624

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-01-30T20:33:47.520
Period (years) 151.747624

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 07:50:46.58 +24:48:57.5 16.825 3.18 282.6 HIP 38385 13.93
2025-11-22 07:50:41.12 +24:49:14.1 16.814 3.31 282.4 HIP 38385 15.16
2025-11-23 07:50:35.42 +24:49:31.2 16.802 3.44 282.3 HIP 38385 16.46
2025-11-24 07:50:29.49 +24:49:48.8 16.792 3.57 282.1 HIP 38385 17.81
2025-11-25 07:50:23.34 +24:50:06.7 16.781 3.70 281.9 HIP 38312 18.26
2025-11-26 07:50:16.96 +24:50:25.0 16.770 3.82 281.8 HIP 38312 18.66
2025-11-27 07:50:10.36 +24:50:43.8 16.760 3.95 281.7 HIP 38312 19.18
2025-11-28 07:50:03.55 +24:51:02.9 16.750 4.07 281.5 HIP 38312 19.83
2025-11-29 07:49:56.52 +24:51:22.4 16.740 4.19 281.4 HIP 38312 20.61
2025-11-30 07:49:49.27 +24:51:42.2 16.730 4.31 281.3 HIP 38312 21.52
2025-12-01 07:49:41.82 +24:52:02.4 16.721 4.42 281.1 HIP 38312 22.54
2025-12-02 07:49:34.17 +24:52:22.9 16.712 4.54 281.0 HIP 38172 23.31
2025-12-03 07:49:26.31 +24:52:43.7 16.703 4.65 280.9 HIP 38172 23.46
2025-12-04 07:49:18.25 +24:53:04.8 16.694 4.76 280.8 HIP 38172 23.75
2025-12-05 07:49:10.00 +24:53:26.2 16.685 4.87 280.7 HIP 38172 24.19
2025-12-06 07:49:01.56 +24:53:47.8 16.677 4.98 280.6 HIP 38172 24.79
2025-12-07 07:48:52.92 +24:54:09.7 16.669 4.98 280.6 HIP 37989 23.52