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C/2017 U5 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2017 U5 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.315303
Eccentricity 0.744950
Inclination (deg) 18.980600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 163.135800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 261.960300
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 69.595146

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2017-12-19T22:00:02.880
Period (years) 69.595146

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 13:27:33.61 +01:59:33.2 16.212 8.67 102.0 HIP 65704 18.11
2025-11-22 13:27:47.20 +01:58:50.1 16.205 8.58 101.7 HIP 65704 16.98
2025-11-23 13:28:00.65 +01:58:08.3 16.197 8.49 101.4 HIP 65704 16.50
2025-11-24 13:28:13.97 +01:57:27.9 16.189 8.40 101.1 HIP 65704 16.70
2025-11-25 13:28:27.16 +01:56:48.9 16.181 8.30 100.9 HIP 65704 17.54
2025-11-26 13:28:40.21 +01:56:11.4 16.172 8.20 100.6 HIP 65704 18.92
2025-11-27 13:28:53.12 +01:55:35.3 16.164 8.10 100.3 HIP 65816 16.49
2025-11-28 13:29:05.89 +01:55:00.6 16.155 8.00 100.0 HIP 65816 14.27
2025-11-29 13:29:18.50 +01:54:27.4 16.146 7.90 99.6 HIP 65816 12.52
2025-11-30 13:29:30.97 +01:53:55.7 16.137 7.80 99.3 HIP 65816 11.46
2025-12-01 13:29:43.29 +01:53:25.4 16.127 7.69 99.0 HIP 65816 11.23
2025-12-02 13:29:55.45 +01:52:56.6 16.118 7.58 98.6 HIP 65816 11.84
2025-12-03 13:30:07.45 +01:52:29.3 16.108 7.48 98.3 HIP 65816 13.16
2025-12-04 13:30:19.30 +01:52:03.5 16.098 7.37 97.9 HIP 65816 14.98
2025-12-05 13:30:30.98 +01:51:39.2 16.088 7.26 97.5 HIP 65816 17.10
2025-12-06 13:30:42.49 +01:51:16.5 16.078 7.14 97.1 HIP 65816 19.42
2025-12-07 13:30:53.84 +01:50:55.2 16.067 7.14 97.1 HIP 65816 21.84