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C/2017 S7 (Lemmon)

Basic Information of C/2017 S7 (Lemmon)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 7.639678
Eccentricity 0.999741
Inclination (deg) 124.230500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 262.647400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 187.734100
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2020-SI8, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 5065973.750049

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2017-05-25T08:24:25.920
Period (years) 5065973.750049

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 23:21:34.53 -62:14:30.9 18.810 6.84 324.2 HIP 115397 21.61
2025-11-22 23:21:20.80 -62:12:17.6 18.825 6.82 325.4 HIP 115338 23.77
2025-11-23 23:21:07.54 -62:10:02.8 18.840 6.79 326.6 HIP 115338 21.77
2025-11-24 23:20:54.74 -62:07:46.6 18.855 6.77 327.8 HIP 115338 19.90
2025-11-25 23:20:42.42 -62:05:29.0 18.871 6.75 329.0 HIP 115338 18.21
2025-11-26 23:20:30.56 -62:03:10.1 18.885 6.73 330.2 HIP 115338 16.75
2025-11-27 23:20:19.17 -62:00:49.9 18.900 6.71 331.4 HIP 115338 15.57
2025-11-28 23:20:08.25 -61:58:28.6 18.915 6.69 332.6 HIP 115338 14.74
2025-11-29 23:19:57.79 -61:56:06.1 18.930 6.67 333.8 HIP 115338 14.32
2025-11-30 23:19:47.80 -61:53:42.5 18.945 6.65 335.0 HIP 115338 14.33
2025-12-01 23:19:38.27 -61:51:17.9 18.960 6.63 336.2 HIP 115338 14.78
2025-12-02 23:19:29.20 -61:48:52.3 18.974 6.61 337.4 HIP 115338 15.62
2025-12-03 23:19:20.59 -61:46:25.8 18.989 6.60 338.6 HIP 115338 16.80
2025-12-04 23:19:12.44 -61:43:58.3 19.004 6.58 339.7 HIP 115338 18.23
2025-12-05 23:19:04.74 -61:41:30.1 19.018 6.57 340.9 HIP 114932 18.96
2025-12-06 23:18:57.50 -61:39:01.1 19.032 6.56 342.1 HIP 114932 19.74
2025-12-07 23:18:50.71 -61:36:31.3 19.047 6.56 342.1 HIP 114932 20.87