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C/2016 A8 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2016 A8 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.881130
Eccentricity 0.946334
Inclination (deg) 148.211600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 111.232600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 130.265400
Epoch 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 207.529278

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-08-30T16:03:30.240
Period (years) 207.529278

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 11:44:54.85 -31:37:47.3 21.719 4.63 151.5 HIP 57246 7.61
2025-11-22 11:44:59.00 -31:39:24.9 21.712 4.58 152.5 HIP 57309 7.25
2025-11-23 11:45:02.98 -31:41:02.3 21.704 4.53 153.6 HIP 57309 5.56
2025-11-24 11:45:06.77 -31:42:39.6 21.696 4.48 154.7 HIP 57309 3.99
2025-11-25 11:45:10.38 -31:44:16.8 21.689 4.43 155.8 HIP 57309 2.73
2025-11-26 11:45:13.80 -31:45:53.7 21.681 4.38 156.9 HIP 57309 2.27
2025-11-27 11:45:17.03 -31:47:30.5 21.673 4.33 158.1 HIP 57309 2.99
2025-11-28 11:45:20.07 -31:49:06.9 21.664 4.28 159.3 HIP 57309 4.31
2025-11-29 11:45:22.92 -31:50:43.1 21.656 4.24 160.6 HIP 57309 5.81
2025-11-30 11:45:25.57 -31:52:19.0 21.647 4.19 161.8 HIP 57309 7.38
2025-12-01 11:45:28.03 -31:53:54.5 21.639 4.14 163.1 HIP 57376 6.21
2025-12-02 11:45:30.30 -31:55:29.7 21.630 4.10 164.5 HIP 57376 4.72
2025-12-03 11:45:32.37 -31:57:04.5 21.621 4.05 165.8 HIP 57376 3.42
2025-12-04 11:45:34.24 -31:58:38.8 21.612 4.01 167.2 HIP 57376 2.59
2025-12-05 11:45:35.91 -32:00:12.7 21.603 3.97 168.7 HIP 57376 2.67
2025-12-06 11:45:37.38 -32:01:46.1 21.593 3.93 170.2 HIP 57376 3.58
2025-12-07 11:45:38.64 -32:03:19.0 21.584 3.93 170.2 HIP 57376 4.86