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C/2016 K1 (LINEAR)

Basic Information of C/2016 K1 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.305131
Eccentricity 1.000864
Inclination (deg) 90.926400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 325.677300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 18.392000
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-07-14T00:39:18.720

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 10:32:24.04 +29:21:06.5 22.886 1.51 14.4 HIP 51660 19.30
2025-11-22 10:32:24.73 +29:21:41.5 22.875 1.53 10.1 HIP 51660 18.74
2025-11-23 10:32:25.22 +29:22:17.7 22.863 1.56 6.0 HIP 51660 18.19
2025-11-24 10:32:25.52 +29:22:54.9 22.851 1.60 2.0 HIP 51660 17.66
2025-11-25 10:32:25.62 +29:23:33.2 22.840 1.64 358.3 HIP 51660 17.14
2025-11-26 10:32:25.53 +29:24:12.5 22.828 1.69 354.7 HIP 51660 16.65
2025-11-27 10:32:25.25 +29:24:52.9 22.817 1.74 351.3 HIP 51660 16.18
2025-11-28 10:32:24.76 +29:25:34.3 22.805 1.80 348.2 HIP 51660 15.74
2025-11-29 10:32:24.09 +29:26:16.7 22.794 1.87 345.2 HIP 51660 15.35
2025-11-30 10:32:23.21 +29:27:00.1 22.782 1.94 342.5 HIP 51660 15.00
2025-12-01 10:32:22.14 +29:27:44.4 22.771 2.01 339.9 HIP 51660 14.70
2025-12-02 10:32:20.87 +29:28:29.7 22.759 2.08 337.5 HIP 51660 14.47
2025-12-03 10:32:19.40 +29:29:15.9 22.748 2.16 335.3 HIP 51660 14.30
2025-12-04 10:32:17.74 +29:30:03.1 22.737 2.24 333.2 HIP 51660 14.21
2025-12-05 10:32:15.88 +29:30:51.1 22.726 2.33 331.3 HIP 51574 13.48
2025-12-06 10:32:13.83 +29:31:40.1 22.714 2.41 329.4 HIP 51574 12.59
2025-12-07 10:32:11.57 +29:32:29.8 22.703 2.41 329.4 HIP 51574 11.67