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C/2017 E3 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2017 E3 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.901744
Eccentricity 1.004250
Inclination (deg) 70.667300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 220.773200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 334.153900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2022-O08, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2017-06-06T16:35:45.600

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 18:47:54.47 +46:29:01.7 19.383 8.02 118.7 HIP 92156 13.92
2025-11-22 18:48:10.82 +46:27:29.1 19.393 8.05 117.8 HIP 92156 15.06
2025-11-23 18:48:27.34 +46:25:58.9 19.402 8.07 117.0 HIP 92156 16.79
2025-11-24 18:48:44.04 +46:24:30.9 19.412 8.10 116.1 HIP 92156 18.96
2025-11-25 18:49:00.90 +46:23:05.3 19.421 8.12 115.3 HIP 92440 20.22
2025-11-26 18:49:17.92 +46:21:42.0 19.430 8.14 114.4 HIP 92440 19.55
2025-11-27 18:49:35.11 +46:20:21.1 19.440 8.17 113.6 HIP 92440 19.35
2025-11-28 18:49:52.44 +46:19:02.6 19.449 8.19 112.7 HIP 92440 19.65
2025-11-29 18:50:09.93 +46:17:46.5 19.458 8.21 111.9 HIP 92440 20.43
2025-11-30 18:50:27.56 +46:16:32.9 19.467 8.23 111.1 HIP 92440 21.64
2025-12-01 18:50:45.34 +46:15:21.7 19.476 8.25 110.3 HIP 92440 23.22
2025-12-02 18:51:03.25 +46:14:13.0 19.485 8.28 109.4 HIP 92440 25.09
2025-12-03 18:51:21.30 +46:13:06.8 19.494 8.30 108.6 HIP 92440 27.21
2025-12-04 18:51:39.47 +46:12:03.1 19.503 8.32 107.8 HIP 92440 29.52
2025-12-05 18:51:57.77 +46:11:01.9 19.512 8.34 107.0 HIP 92440 31.98
2025-12-06 18:52:16.20 +46:10:03.2 19.521 8.36 106.2 HIP 92440 34.57
2025-12-07 18:52:34.74 +46:09:07.0 19.529 8.36 106.2 HIP 92440 37.25