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C/2018 V4 (Africano)

Basic Information of C/2018 V4 (Africano)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.193574
Eccentricity 0.984279
Inclination (deg) 69.010500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 78.303500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 359.929400
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 2895.311026

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2019-03-01T18:39:44.640
Period (years) 2895.311026

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 16:13:14.58 +23:15:43.0 17.888 8.97 107.4 HIP 79412 13.83
2025-11-22 16:13:29.48 +23:14:38.4 17.892 8.95 106.8 HIP 79412 16.31
2025-11-23 16:13:44.39 +23:13:36.3 17.896 8.93 106.2 HIP 79412 19.17
2025-11-24 16:13:59.31 +23:12:36.4 17.900 8.90 105.6 HIP 79412 22.25
2025-11-25 16:14:14.24 +23:11:38.9 17.904 8.88 105.0 HIP 79412 25.46
2025-11-26 16:14:29.17 +23:10:43.8 17.907 8.85 104.4 HIP 79724 24.95
2025-11-27 16:14:44.10 +23:09:51.1 17.910 8.83 103.7 HIP 79724 21.44
2025-11-28 16:14:59.02 +23:09:00.7 17.913 8.80 103.1 HIP 79724 17.94
2025-11-29 16:15:13.93 +23:08:12.8 17.916 8.77 102.5 HIP 79724 14.46
2025-11-30 16:15:28.83 +23:07:27.2 17.919 8.74 101.9 HIP 79724 11.01
2025-12-01 16:15:43.71 +23:06:43.9 17.921 8.71 101.2 HIP 79724 7.62
2025-12-02 16:15:58.57 +23:06:03.1 17.924 8.68 100.6 HIP 79724 4.38
2025-12-03 16:16:13.41 +23:05:24.7 17.926 8.65 100.0 HIP 79724 2.10
2025-12-04 16:16:28.22 +23:04:48.6 17.928 8.61 99.4 HIP 79724 3.68
2025-12-05 16:16:43.01 +23:04:14.9 17.929 8.58 98.7 HIP 79724 6.80
2025-12-06 16:16:57.75 +23:03:43.7 17.931 8.55 98.1 HIP 79724 10.11
2025-12-07 16:17:12.46 +23:03:14.8 17.932 8.55 98.1 HIP 79724 13.46