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C/2015 Y1 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2015 Y1 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.507606
Eccentricity 0.988663
Inclination (deg) 71.200100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 135.740600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 24.589000
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 3289.589680

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-05-12T05:52:39.360
Period (years) 3289.589680

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 20:32:36.04 -06:02:22.1 23.022 3.21 111.6 HIP 101436 16.37
2025-11-22 20:32:40.83 -06:02:50.4 23.043 3.28 110.4 HIP 101436 15.17
2025-11-23 20:32:45.78 -06:03:17.8 23.063 3.36 109.2 HIP 101436 13.97
2025-11-24 20:32:50.88 -06:03:44.3 23.084 3.43 108.1 HIP 101436 12.77
2025-11-25 20:32:56.14 -06:04:09.9 23.104 3.51 107.1 HIP 101436 11.59
2025-11-26 20:33:01.53 -06:04:34.6 23.124 3.59 106.1 HIP 101436 10.46
2025-11-27 20:33:07.08 -06:04:58.4 23.144 3.66 105.1 HIP 101436 9.39
2025-11-28 20:33:12.77 -06:05:21.3 23.164 3.74 104.2 HIP 101436 8.43
2025-11-29 20:33:18.60 -06:05:43.3 23.184 3.81 103.3 HIP 101436 7.64
2025-11-30 20:33:24.58 -06:06:04.4 23.203 3.89 102.5 HIP 101436 7.10
2025-12-01 20:33:30.69 -06:06:24.6 23.223 3.97 101.7 HIP 101436 6.88
2025-12-02 20:33:36.94 -06:06:43.8 23.242 4.04 100.9 HIP 101436 7.03
2025-12-03 20:33:43.32 -06:07:02.2 23.261 4.11 100.2 HIP 101436 7.55
2025-12-04 20:33:49.84 -06:07:19.7 23.280 4.19 99.5 HIP 101436 8.40
2025-12-05 20:33:56.48 -06:07:36.3 23.299 4.26 98.8 HIP 101436 9.49
2025-12-06 20:34:03.26 -06:07:52.0 23.318 4.33 98.2 HIP 101436 10.77
2025-12-07 20:34:10.16 -06:08:06.8 23.336 4.33 98.2 HIP 101436 12.19