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C/2016 KA (Catalina)

Basic Information of C/2016 KA (Catalina)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.405591
Eccentricity 1.000623
Inclination (deg) 104.670600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 317.506900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 63.235400
Epoch 2022-08-09T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2016-02-04T10:34:19.200

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 09:22:54.71 +12:03:39.5 21.445 2.13 247.2 HIP 46109 22.07
2025-11-22 09:22:51.50 +12:03:19.7 21.433 2.22 249.2 HIP 46109 22.58
2025-11-23 09:22:48.11 +12:03:00.8 21.420 2.32 251.1 HIP 46109 23.17
2025-11-24 09:22:44.52 +12:02:42.8 21.408 2.42 252.8 HIP 46109 23.82
2025-11-25 09:22:40.74 +12:02:25.7 21.395 2.52 254.4 HIP 46109 24.54
2025-11-26 09:22:36.78 +12:02:09.4 21.383 2.62 255.9 HIP 45855 24.88
2025-11-27 09:22:32.63 +12:01:54.1 21.371 2.72 257.2 HIP 45855 23.83
2025-11-28 09:22:28.29 +12:01:39.7 21.358 2.82 258.5 HIP 45855 22.75
2025-11-29 09:22:23.76 +12:01:26.1 21.346 2.93 259.6 HIP 45855 21.62
2025-11-30 09:22:19.05 +12:01:13.4 21.334 3.03 260.7 HIP 45855 20.45
2025-12-01 09:22:14.16 +12:01:01.7 21.322 3.14 261.7 HIP 45855 19.23
2025-12-02 09:22:09.08 +12:00:50.8 21.311 3.24 262.6 HIP 45855 17.98
2025-12-03 09:22:03.82 +12:00:40.8 21.299 3.35 263.5 HIP 45855 16.68
2025-12-04 09:21:58.38 +12:00:31.6 21.287 3.45 264.3 HIP 45855 15.35
2025-12-05 09:21:52.76 +12:00:23.4 21.276 3.56 265.0 HIP 45855 13.97
2025-12-06 09:21:46.95 +12:00:16.0 21.265 3.67 265.8 HIP 45855 12.56
2025-12-07 09:21:40.98 +12:00:09.5 21.253 3.67 265.8 HIP 45855 11.11