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C/2017 K1 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2017 K1 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 7.264039
Eccentricity 0.999668
Inclination (deg) 154.025000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 225.657000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 4.160300
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPC115882, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 3236384.594762

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2018-03-12T21:50:58.560
Period (years) 3236384.594762

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 08:55:32.58 +44:15:32.2 17.106 6.69 316.6 HIP 43824 2.89
2025-11-22 08:55:22.31 +44:17:28.8 17.096 6.80 315.8 HIP 43824 5.04
2025-11-23 08:55:11.70 +44:19:25.8 17.086 6.92 315.0 HIP 43824 7.56
2025-11-24 08:55:00.76 +44:21:23.2 17.077 7.03 314.2 HIP 43824 10.23
2025-11-25 08:54:49.48 +44:23:20.9 17.067 7.14 313.5 HIP 43824 12.97
2025-11-26 08:54:37.88 +44:25:18.9 17.058 7.26 312.8 HIP 43824 15.78
2025-11-27 08:54:25.94 +44:27:17.1 17.049 7.37 312.1 HIP 43824 18.64
2025-11-28 08:54:13.67 +44:29:15.5 17.040 7.48 311.4 HIP 43843 19.97
2025-11-29 08:54:01.07 +44:31:14.1 17.031 7.59 310.7 HIP 43843 21.03
2025-11-30 08:53:48.15 +44:33:12.8 17.023 7.70 310.0 HIP 43843 22.50
2025-12-01 08:53:34.91 +44:35:11.5 17.014 7.81 309.4 HIP 43567 22.74
2025-12-02 08:53:21.35 +44:37:10.3 17.006 7.91 308.7 HIP 43567 19.75
2025-12-03 08:53:07.46 +44:39:09.1 16.998 8.02 308.1 HIP 43567 16.79
2025-12-04 08:52:53.27 +44:41:07.8 16.990 8.12 307.5 HIP 43567 13.90
2025-12-05 08:52:38.75 +44:43:06.3 16.982 8.23 306.9 HIP 43567 11.17
2025-12-06 08:52:23.93 +44:45:04.8 16.974 8.33 306.3 HIP 43567 8.79
2025-12-07 08:52:08.80 +44:47:03.0 16.967 8.33 306.3 HIP 43567 7.19