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C/2018 R3 (Lemmon)

Basic Information of C/2018 R3 (Lemmon)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.283952
Eccentricity 0.999176
Inclination (deg) 69.736400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 324.623500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 112.702500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 61508.107487

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2019-06-07T17:07:00.480
Period (years) 61508.107487

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 10:28:11.49 -68:45:48.8 18.626 8.61 175.3 HIP 51273 12.56
2025-11-22 10:28:14.61 -68:49:14.8 18.628 8.60 176.2 HIP 51273 9.12
2025-11-23 10:28:17.16 -68:52:40.9 18.631 8.59 177.0 HIP 51273 5.68
2025-11-24 10:28:19.15 -68:56:06.8 18.633 8.58 177.9 HIP 51273 2.26
2025-11-25 10:28:20.57 -68:59:32.7 18.636 8.57 178.7 HIP 51273 1.26
2025-11-26 10:28:21.41 -69:02:58.5 18.638 8.56 179.6 HIP 51273 4.65
2025-11-27 10:28:21.67 -69:06:24.0 18.640 8.55 180.5 HIP 51273 8.07
2025-11-28 10:28:21.34 -69:09:49.2 18.642 8.54 181.4 HIP 51273 11.50
2025-11-29 10:28:20.42 -69:13:14.2 18.644 8.53 182.2 HIP 51273 14.91
2025-11-30 10:28:18.91 -69:16:38.7 18.646 8.52 183.1 HIP 51273 18.32
2025-12-01 10:28:16.80 -69:20:02.8 18.647 8.51 184.0 HIP 51359 17.60
2025-12-02 10:28:14.09 -69:23:26.5 18.649 8.49 184.9 HIP 51359 14.55
2025-12-03 10:28:10.78 -69:26:49.6 18.651 8.48 185.8 HIP 51359 11.74
2025-12-04 10:28:06.86 -69:30:12.1 18.652 8.47 186.7 HIP 51359 9.38
2025-12-05 10:28:02.33 -69:33:33.9 18.653 8.46 187.6 HIP 51359 7.86
2025-12-06 10:27:57.18 -69:36:55.1 18.655 8.44 188.5 HIP 51359 7.71
2025-12-07 10:27:51.42 -69:40:15.5 18.656 8.44 188.5 HIP 51359 8.98