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P/2017 B4 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of P/2017 B4 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.800894
Eccentricity 0.364952
Inclination (deg) 20.058400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 121.457800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 11.019700
Epoch 2017-01-05T19:37:37.920
Reference MPC103847, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.262648

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-04-12T00:00:12.356
Period (years) 9.262648

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 07:48:01.16 +11:10:58.8 2.296 7.97 49.3 HIP 38057 4.43
2025-11-22 07:48:11.01 +11:13:03.6 2.283 7.60 43.3 HIP 38057 7.05
2025-11-23 07:48:19.51 +11:15:16.4 2.270 7.32 36.7 HIP 38119 8.66
2025-11-24 07:48:26.65 +11:17:37.3 2.257 7.15 29.7 HIP 38119 9.79
2025-11-25 07:48:32.44 +11:20:06.4 2.244 7.10 22.4 HIP 38119 11.76
2025-11-26 07:48:36.86 +11:22:43.8 2.232 7.16 15.1 HIP 38119 14.21
2025-11-27 07:48:39.91 +11:25:29.7 2.219 7.34 8.1 HIP 38119 16.92
2025-11-28 07:48:41.59 +11:28:24.1 2.207 7.63 1.4 HIP 38119 19.82
2025-11-29 07:48:41.89 +11:31:27.2 2.195 8.02 355.3 HIP 38119 22.87
2025-11-30 07:48:40.83 +11:34:39.1 2.183 8.50 349.9 HIP 38119 26.07
2025-12-01 07:48:38.38 +11:37:59.8 2.171 9.04 345.0 HIP 38119 29.43
2025-12-02 07:48:34.57 +11:41:29.5 2.159 9.65 340.8 HIP 38207 31.79
2025-12-03 07:48:29.38 +11:45:08.2 2.148 10.30 337.1 HIP 38207 29.43
2025-12-04 07:48:22.82 +11:48:55.9 2.136 11.00 333.8 HIP 38207 27.53
2025-12-05 07:48:14.89 +11:52:52.9 2.125 11.73 331.0 HIP 38207 26.32
2025-12-06 07:48:05.59 +11:56:59.1 2.114 12.48 328.5 HIP 38207 26.03
2025-12-07 07:47:54.93 +12:01:14.5 2.103 12.48 328.5 HIP 37969 23.23