planetarium / comet

Clear skies!

C/2015 X4 (Elenin)

Basic Information of C/2015 X4 (Elenin)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.371268
Eccentricity 0.811898
Inclination (deg) 29.541700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 262.496800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 176.168500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 75.875191

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-11-04T22:32:09.600
Period (years) 75.875191

Magnitude

Magnitude Chart Placeholder

Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 14:47:00.60 -33:25:28.3 19.892 8.28 108.0 HIP 72185 15.00
2025-11-22 14:47:15.69 -33:26:29.7 19.892 8.25 108.2 HIP 72185 17.74
2025-11-23 14:47:30.72 -33:27:31.6 19.892 8.23 108.5 HIP 72185 20.63
2025-11-24 14:47:45.70 -33:28:34.1 19.892 8.20 108.7 HIP 72185 23.62
2025-11-25 14:48:00.60 -33:29:37.2 19.891 8.17 108.9 HIP 72235 26.17
2025-11-26 14:48:15.44 -33:30:40.7 19.890 8.14 109.1 HIP 72235 28.06
2025-11-27 14:48:30.21 -33:31:44.7 19.889 8.11 109.4 HIP 72235 30.16
2025-11-28 14:48:44.90 -33:32:49.2 19.888 8.08 109.6 HIP 72485 29.17
2025-11-29 14:48:59.51 -33:33:54.1 19.886 8.04 109.8 HIP 72485 27.55
2025-11-30 14:49:14.04 -33:34:59.5 19.884 8.00 110.0 HIP 72485 26.22
2025-12-01 14:49:28.48 -33:36:05.3 19.882 7.96 110.3 HIP 72485 25.22
2025-12-02 14:49:42.84 -33:37:11.5 19.879 7.92 110.5 HIP 72485 24.59
2025-12-03 14:49:57.10 -33:38:18.1 19.877 7.88 110.8 HIP 72485 24.35
2025-12-04 14:50:11.27 -33:39:25.1 19.874 7.84 111.0 HIP 72485 24.51
2025-12-05 14:50:25.34 -33:40:32.4 19.871 7.79 111.2 HIP 72485 25.04
2025-12-06 14:50:39.31 -33:41:40.1 19.867 7.75 111.5 HIP 72485 25.93
2025-12-07 14:50:53.17 -33:42:48.1 19.863 7.75 111.5 HIP 72797 24.45