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P/2016 WM48 (Lemmon)

Basic Information of P/2016 WM48 (Lemmon)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.748071
Eccentricity 0.786710
Inclination (deg) 117.548200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 59.874700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 35.856600
Epoch 2017-02-16T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 23.462963

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2017-02-26T18:50:24.000
Period (years) 23.462963

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 14:30:01.46 -37:59:50.1 14.883 9.39 121.5 HIP 70763 24.91
2025-11-22 14:30:17.72 -38:01:47.9 14.881 9.37 121.9 HIP 71103 28.10
2025-11-23 14:30:33.89 -38:03:46.8 14.878 9.35 122.3 HIP 71103 26.35
2025-11-24 14:30:49.96 -38:05:46.7 14.875 9.33 122.7 HIP 71103 25.08
2025-11-25 14:31:05.92 -38:07:47.6 14.872 9.30 123.1 HIP 71103 24.34
2025-11-26 14:31:21.78 -38:09:49.5 14.869 9.27 123.5 HIP 71103 24.20
2025-11-27 14:31:37.52 -38:11:52.4 14.866 9.24 123.9 HIP 71048 21.71
2025-11-28 14:31:53.14 -38:13:56.2 14.862 9.21 124.4 HIP 71048 19.58
2025-11-29 14:32:08.64 -38:16:00.9 14.858 9.18 124.8 HIP 71048 17.93
2025-11-30 14:32:24.01 -38:18:06.5 14.854 9.14 125.2 HIP 71048 16.92
2025-12-01 14:32:39.24 -38:20:13.0 14.849 9.11 125.7 HIP 71048 16.63
2025-12-02 14:32:54.34 -38:22:20.3 14.844 9.07 126.1 HIP 71048 17.11
2025-12-03 14:33:09.30 -38:24:28.5 14.839 9.03 126.6 HIP 71048 18.28
2025-12-04 14:33:24.11 -38:26:37.5 14.834 8.98 127.0 HIP 71296 19.58
2025-12-05 14:33:38.77 -38:28:47.2 14.828 8.94 127.5 HIP 71296 16.02
2025-12-06 14:33:53.28 -38:30:57.8 14.823 8.90 128.0 HIP 71296 12.51
2025-12-07 14:34:07.63 -38:33:09.1 14.817 8.90 128.0 HIP 71296 9.07