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C/2016 A5 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2016 A5 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.919662
Eccentricity 0.994875
Inclination (deg) 40.246700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 136.157900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 321.283600
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 13597.468506

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2015-06-28T17:55:58.080
Period (years) 13597.468506

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 16:23:21.45 +16:56:41.2 24.848 6.62 102.7 HIP 80239 28.34
2025-11-22 16:23:32.25 +16:56:06.4 24.853 6.61 102.1 HIP 80357 27.92
2025-11-23 16:23:43.06 +16:55:33.1 24.857 6.61 101.6 HIP 80357 27.66
2025-11-24 16:23:53.89 +16:55:01.3 24.861 6.61 101.0 HIP 80357 27.62
2025-11-25 16:24:04.74 +16:54:30.9 24.865 6.60 100.5 HIP 80357 27.81
2025-11-26 16:24:15.59 +16:54:02.1 24.869 6.59 99.9 HIP 80357 28.22
2025-11-27 16:24:26.45 +16:53:34.9 24.873 6.59 99.4 HIP 80465 28.53
2025-11-28 16:24:37.32 +16:53:09.1 24.876 6.58 98.8 HIP 80465 27.70
2025-11-29 16:24:48.19 +16:52:44.9 24.879 6.57 98.3 HIP 80465 27.07
2025-11-30 16:24:59.06 +16:52:22.2 24.882 6.56 97.7 HIP 80465 26.66
2025-12-01 16:25:09.93 +16:52:01.1 24.885 6.55 97.2 HIP 80465 26.48
2025-12-02 16:25:20.79 +16:51:41.4 24.888 6.53 96.6 HIP 80465 26.54
2025-12-03 16:25:31.64 +16:51:23.4 24.890 6.52 96.1 HIP 80465 26.82
2025-12-04 16:25:42.48 +16:51:06.8 24.892 6.51 95.5 HIP 80465 27.33
2025-12-05 16:25:53.31 +16:50:51.8 24.894 6.49 94.9 HIP 80465 28.04
2025-12-06 16:26:04.12 +16:50:38.4 24.895 6.48 94.4 HIP 80465 28.95
2025-12-07 16:26:14.92 +16:50:26.5 24.897 6.48 94.4 HIP 80465 30.02