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P/2015 W2 (Catalina)

Basic Information of P/2015 W2 (Catalina)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.658507
Eccentricity 0.635357
Inclination (deg) 11.610000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 294.218800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 117.488400
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 19.685883

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2035-06-12T01:26:34.532
Period (years) 19.685883

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 15:16:28.47 -27:50:49.6 12.893 13.55 105.2 HIP 74815 14.73
2025-11-22 15:16:52.14 -27:52:14.9 12.891 13.54 105.3 HIP 74815 9.94
2025-11-23 15:17:15.78 -27:53:40.7 12.889 13.52 105.4 HIP 74815 6.27
2025-11-24 15:17:39.38 -27:55:06.8 12.886 13.50 105.5 HIP 74815 6.19
2025-11-25 15:18:02.94 -27:56:33.3 12.884 13.48 105.6 HIP 74934 9.36
2025-11-26 15:18:26.45 -27:58:00.1 12.881 13.45 105.7 HIP 74934 4.03
2025-11-27 15:18:49.92 -27:59:27.3 12.878 13.42 105.8 HIP 74934 1.73
2025-11-28 15:19:13.32 -28:00:54.8 12.874 13.39 105.9 HIP 74934 6.89
2025-11-29 15:19:36.67 -28:02:22.6 12.871 13.35 106.0 HIP 74934 12.22
2025-11-30 15:19:59.95 -28:03:50.7 12.867 13.32 106.1 HIP 75077 15.07
2025-12-01 15:20:23.15 -28:05:19.1 12.863 13.28 106.2 HIP 75077 12.04
2025-12-02 15:20:46.29 -28:06:47.7 12.858 13.24 106.3 HIP 75077 10.93
2025-12-03 15:21:09.34 -28:08:16.6 12.853 13.19 106.4 HIP 75077 12.24
2025-12-04 15:21:32.32 -28:09:45.7 12.848 13.15 106.5 HIP 75162 14.38
2025-12-05 15:21:55.20 -28:11:15.0 12.843 13.10 106.6 HIP 75162 16.51
2025-12-06 15:22:18.00 -28:12:44.5 12.838 13.05 106.7 HIP 75162 19.83
2025-12-07 15:22:40.70 -28:14:14.2 12.832 13.05 106.7 HIP 75343 22.09