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C/2017 S6 (Catalina)

Basic Information of C/2017 S6 (Catalina)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.552918
Eccentricity 1.001033
Inclination (deg) 152.864200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 131.184600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 135.042700
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2018-02-26T05:55:14.880

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 13:01:54.78 -34:13:49.9 21.346 5.55 131.3 HIP 63495 16.21
2025-11-22 13:02:02.85 -34:15:17.9 21.342 5.51 131.9 HIP 63495 18.19
2025-11-23 13:02:10.79 -34:16:46.2 21.339 5.46 132.5 HIP 63737 19.73
2025-11-24 13:02:18.58 -34:18:14.7 21.336 5.41 133.2 HIP 63737 18.32
2025-11-25 13:02:26.22 -34:19:43.6 21.332 5.36 133.8 HIP 63737 17.11
2025-11-26 13:02:33.72 -34:21:12.7 21.328 5.31 134.5 HIP 63737 16.14
2025-11-27 13:02:41.06 -34:22:41.9 21.324 5.26 135.2 HIP 63737 15.43
2025-11-28 13:02:48.24 -34:24:11.4 21.319 5.20 135.9 HIP 63737 15.03
2025-11-29 13:02:55.27 -34:25:41.0 21.315 5.15 136.6 HIP 63737 14.93
2025-11-30 13:03:02.13 -34:27:10.8 21.310 5.09 137.3 HIP 63737 15.15
2025-12-01 13:03:08.83 -34:28:40.7 21.305 5.04 138.1 HIP 63737 15.65
2025-12-02 13:03:15.37 -34:30:10.6 21.299 4.98 138.8 HIP 63737 16.42
2025-12-03 13:03:21.74 -34:31:40.7 21.294 4.93 139.6 HIP 63737 17.39
2025-12-04 13:03:27.94 -34:33:10.7 21.288 4.87 140.4 HIP 63737 18.53
2025-12-05 13:03:33.97 -34:34:40.8 21.282 4.81 141.3 HIP 63737 19.82
2025-12-06 13:03:39.82 -34:36:10.9 21.276 4.75 142.1 HIP 63737 21.20
2025-12-07 13:03:45.50 -34:37:40.9 21.270 4.75 142.1 HIP 63737 22.66