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P/2018 HT3 (NEOWISE)

Basic Information of P/2018 HT3 (NEOWISE)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.518951
Eccentricity 0.825557
Inclination (deg) 29.278500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 283.209500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 216.367700
Epoch 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2023-N01, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 5.131085

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-05-15T17:56:58.349
Period (years) 5.131085

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 20:19:43.03 -02:41:51.2 5.700 15.05 94.5 HIP 100297 22.71
2025-11-22 20:20:07.07 -02:42:19.7 5.714 15.36 93.8 HIP 100297 20.65
2025-11-23 20:20:31.62 -02:42:44.4 5.729 15.66 93.2 HIP 100297 20.19
2025-11-24 20:20:56.66 -02:43:05.4 5.743 15.96 92.6 HIP 100297 21.52
2025-11-25 20:21:22.21 -02:43:22.6 5.757 16.26 92.0 HIP 100297 24.44
2025-11-26 20:21:48.23 -02:43:36.1 5.772 16.55 91.4 HIP 100297 28.56
2025-11-27 20:22:14.73 -02:43:45.9 5.786 16.84 90.9 HIP 100428 29.69
2025-11-28 20:22:41.70 -02:43:51.9 5.800 17.12 90.3 HIP 100428 31.43
2025-11-29 20:23:09.12 -02:43:54.2 5.813 17.40 89.8 HIP 100428 34.54
2025-11-30 20:23:37.00 -02:43:52.7 5.827 17.68 89.3 HIP 100758 31.62
2025-12-01 20:24:05.31 -02:43:47.6 5.841 17.95 88.8 HIP 100758 24.64
2025-12-02 20:24:34.06 -02:43:38.7 5.854 18.22 88.4 HIP 100758 17.65
2025-12-03 20:25:03.23 -02:43:26.1 5.867 18.48 87.9 HIP 100758 10.83
2025-12-04 20:25:32.82 -02:43:09.9 5.880 18.75 87.5 HIP 100758 5.42
2025-12-05 20:26:02.81 -02:42:49.9 5.893 19.00 87.0 HIP 100758 7.25
2025-12-06 20:26:33.21 -02:42:26.3 5.906 19.26 86.6 HIP 100758 13.83
2025-12-07 20:27:04.01 -02:41:59.0 5.919 19.26 86.6 HIP 100758 21.22