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C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 6.811537
Eccentricity 1.000318
Inclination (deg) 124.378100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 122.203300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 27.668000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPC119995, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2017-12-28T00:25:20.640

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 21:15:06.57 +24:31:59.9 17.881 6.53 168.0 HIP 104803 16.01
2025-11-22 21:15:08.96 +24:29:26.7 17.899 6.49 166.7 HIP 104803 16.82
2025-11-23 21:15:11.58 +24:26:55.1 17.918 6.45 165.5 HIP 104803 18.01
2025-11-24 21:15:14.42 +24:24:25.2 17.936 6.42 164.2 HIP 104803 19.52
2025-11-25 21:15:17.50 +24:21:57.0 17.954 6.39 162.9 HIP 104803 21.27
2025-11-26 21:15:20.80 +24:19:30.4 17.973 6.36 161.6 HIP 104803 23.19
2025-11-27 21:15:24.32 +24:17:05.6 17.991 6.33 160.3 HIP 104803 25.26
2025-11-28 21:15:28.07 +24:14:42.6 18.009 6.30 159.0 HIP 104803 27.42
2025-11-29 21:15:32.03 +24:12:21.3 18.028 6.28 157.7 HIP 104803 29.66
2025-11-30 21:15:36.21 +24:10:01.8 18.046 6.26 156.4 HIP 104803 31.95
2025-12-01 21:15:40.60 +24:07:44.2 18.064 6.24 155.1 HIP 105136 32.04
2025-12-02 21:15:45.21 +24:05:28.4 18.083 6.22 153.8 HIP 105136 31.82
2025-12-03 21:15:50.02 +24:03:14.6 18.101 6.20 152.5 HIP 105136 31.75
2025-12-04 21:15:55.04 +24:01:02.6 18.119 6.19 151.2 HIP 104949 30.98
2025-12-05 21:16:00.26 +23:58:52.5 18.137 6.17 149.9 HIP 104949 29.08
2025-12-06 21:16:05.69 +23:56:44.3 18.155 6.16 148.6 HIP 104949 27.32
2025-12-07 21:16:11.31 +23:54:38.1 18.173 6.16 148.6 HIP 104949 25.73