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C/2018 O1 (ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2018 O1 (ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.562231
Eccentricity 0.944318
Inclination (deg) 154.020200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 87.794400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 162.711700
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 148.609180

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2018-08-31T18:38:09.600
Period (years) 148.609180

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 08:43:46.17 -01:07:06.5 17.643 3.99 250.1 HIP 42817 5.44
2025-11-22 08:43:40.17 -01:07:39.2 17.632 4.11 251.4 HIP 42817 4.73
2025-11-23 08:43:33.94 -01:08:10.6 17.620 4.22 252.7 HIP 42817 4.47
2025-11-24 08:43:27.49 -01:08:40.8 17.609 4.34 253.8 HIP 42817 4.77
2025-11-25 08:43:20.83 -01:09:09.8 17.597 4.45 255.0 HIP 42817 5.59
2025-11-26 08:43:13.94 -01:09:37.5 17.586 4.57 256.1 HIP 42817 6.78
2025-11-27 08:43:06.84 -01:10:04.0 17.575 4.69 257.1 HIP 42817 8.20
2025-11-28 08:42:59.52 -01:10:29.1 17.564 4.81 258.1 HIP 42817 9.79
2025-11-29 08:42:51.99 -01:10:53.0 17.553 4.93 259.0 HIP 42817 11.49
2025-11-30 08:42:44.25 -01:11:15.6 17.543 5.05 259.9 HIP 42817 13.29
2025-12-01 08:42:36.30 -01:11:36.8 17.532 5.16 260.7 HIP 42817 15.16
2025-12-02 08:42:28.14 -01:11:56.8 17.522 5.28 261.6 HIP 42817 17.10
2025-12-03 08:42:19.78 -01:12:15.4 17.511 5.40 262.4 HIP 42817 19.11
2025-12-04 08:42:11.22 -01:12:32.6 17.501 5.52 263.1 HIP 42817 21.17
2025-12-05 08:42:02.45 -01:12:48.4 17.491 5.64 263.8 HIP 42817 23.29
2025-12-06 08:41:53.48 -01:13:02.9 17.481 5.75 264.6 HIP 42817 25.46
2025-12-07 08:41:44.32 -01:13:16.0 17.471 5.75 264.6 HIP 42817 27.68