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C/2016 B1 (NEOWISE)

Basic Information of C/2016 B1 (NEOWISE)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.220889
Eccentricity 0.991793
Inclination (deg) 50.396600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 232.073600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 8.647400
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 7774.759920

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-12-02T11:00:05.760
Period (years) 7774.759920

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 00:43:58.48 +35:46:34.1 20.606 5.90 217.8 HIP 3362 19.77
2025-11-22 00:43:51.35 +35:44:42.2 20.619 5.85 217.0 HIP 3362 17.44
2025-11-23 00:43:44.40 +35:42:50.0 20.633 5.80 216.3 HIP 3362 15.15
2025-11-24 00:43:37.64 +35:40:57.7 20.647 5.75 215.5 HIP 3362 12.89
2025-11-25 00:43:31.07 +35:39:05.3 20.661 5.70 214.7 HIP 3362 10.70
2025-11-26 00:43:24.70 +35:37:12.9 20.675 5.64 213.8 HIP 3362 8.60
2025-11-27 00:43:18.52 +35:35:20.4 20.690 5.59 213.0 HIP 3362 6.65
2025-11-28 00:43:12.53 +35:33:27.9 20.704 5.53 212.1 HIP 3362 5.01
2025-11-29 00:43:06.75 +35:31:35.5 20.719 5.47 211.3 HIP 3362 4.02
2025-11-30 00:43:01.16 +35:29:43.2 20.734 5.42 210.4 HIP 3362 4.16
2025-12-01 00:42:55.77 +35:27:51.0 20.750 5.36 209.5 HIP 3362 5.30
2025-12-02 00:42:50.59 +35:25:59.0 20.765 5.30 208.6 HIP 3389 6.24
2025-12-03 00:42:45.62 +35:24:07.2 20.781 5.25 207.6 HIP 3389 5.80
2025-12-04 00:42:40.84 +35:22:15.6 20.797 5.19 206.6 HIP 3389 6.07
2025-12-05 00:42:36.28 +35:20:24.3 20.813 5.13 205.7 HIP 3389 6.94
2025-12-06 00:42:31.92 +35:18:33.4 20.829 5.07 204.7 HIP 3389 8.22
2025-12-07 00:42:27.78 +35:16:42.7 20.846 5.07 204.7 HIP 3389 9.72