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C/2018 W2 (Africano)

Basic Information of C/2018 W2 (Africano)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.455640
Eccentricity 1.000394
Inclination (deg) 116.619300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 181.839700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 157.980100
Epoch 2021-07-05T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2019-09-05T14:06:43.200

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 12:41:09.37 -54:58:36.5 18.298 7.17 138.4 HIP 61982 15.34
2025-11-22 12:41:22.66 -55:00:45.1 18.299 7.14 139.2 HIP 61982 16.36
2025-11-23 12:41:35.71 -55:02:54.7 18.300 7.11 140.0 HIP 61982 17.82
2025-11-24 12:41:48.49 -55:05:05.3 18.300 7.08 140.8 HIP 62069 16.96
2025-11-25 12:42:01.02 -55:07:16.9 18.300 7.05 141.6 HIP 62069 14.16
2025-11-26 12:42:13.28 -55:09:29.3 18.300 7.01 142.4 HIP 62069 11.39
2025-11-27 12:42:25.27 -55:11:42.7 18.300 6.98 143.2 HIP 62069 8.69
2025-11-28 12:42:36.98 -55:13:56.8 18.300 6.94 144.1 HIP 62069 6.10
2025-11-29 12:42:48.42 -55:16:11.8 18.299 6.91 144.9 HIP 62069 3.87
2025-11-30 12:42:59.58 -55:18:27.5 18.299 6.87 145.8 HIP 62069 2.89
2025-12-01 12:43:10.45 -55:20:43.9 18.298 6.84 146.7 HIP 62069 4.15
2025-12-02 12:43:21.04 -55:23:01.0 18.297 6.80 147.5 HIP 62069 6.42
2025-12-03 12:43:31.33 -55:25:18.7 18.296 6.77 148.4 HIP 62069 8.96
2025-12-04 12:43:41.33 -55:27:37.1 18.294 6.73 149.3 HIP 62069 11.57
2025-12-05 12:43:51.02 -55:29:56.0 18.293 6.69 150.2 HIP 62069 14.22
2025-12-06 12:44:00.42 -55:32:15.4 18.291 6.66 151.2 HIP 62069 16.87
2025-12-07 12:44:09.51 -55:34:35.4 18.289 6.66 151.2 HIP 62069 19.51