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C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.290010
Eccentricity 0.999929
Inclination (deg) 139.185400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 197.305100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 179.907900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPC115881, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 14852512.744651

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2017-12-18T22:41:05.280
Period (years) 14852512.744651

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 15:42:31.98 -52:14:47.0 19.806 6.54 97.6 HIP 77012 18.90
2025-11-22 15:42:48.93 -52:15:07.7 19.813 6.55 98.2 HIP 77012 18.22
2025-11-23 15:43:05.87 -52:15:30.0 19.819 6.55 98.7 HIP 77012 17.92
2025-11-24 15:43:22.79 -52:15:53.7 19.826 6.54 99.3 HIP 77012 18.04
2025-11-25 15:43:39.67 -52:16:19.0 19.831 6.54 99.8 HIP 77012 18.55
2025-11-26 15:43:56.53 -52:16:45.7 19.837 6.54 100.4 HIP 77012 19.43
2025-11-27 15:44:13.35 -52:17:13.9 19.842 6.53 100.9 HIP 77171 20.15
2025-11-28 15:44:30.13 -52:17:43.6 19.847 6.53 101.5 HIP 77171 18.41
2025-11-29 15:44:46.86 -52:18:14.7 19.852 6.52 102.0 HIP 77171 16.88
2025-11-30 15:45:03.54 -52:18:47.2 19.857 6.51 102.6 HIP 77171 15.62
2025-12-01 15:45:20.17 -52:19:21.1 19.861 6.50 103.1 HIP 77171 14.69
2025-12-02 15:45:36.73 -52:19:56.5 19.865 6.48 103.7 HIP 77171 14.15
2025-12-03 15:45:53.23 -52:20:33.2 19.869 6.47 104.2 HIP 77171 14.06
2025-12-04 15:46:09.66 -52:21:11.3 19.873 6.46 104.8 HIP 77289 13.69
2025-12-05 15:46:26.02 -52:21:50.7 19.876 6.44 105.3 HIP 77289 13.48
2025-12-06 15:46:42.30 -52:22:31.5 19.879 6.42 105.9 HIP 77289 13.78
2025-12-07 15:46:58.50 -52:23:13.7 19.882 6.42 105.9 HIP 77289 14.56