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C/2018 X3 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2018 X3 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.690320
Eccentricity 0.782605
Inclination (deg) 43.392400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 78.841500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 359.730500
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 43.534302

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2018-12-31T07:17:19.680
Period (years) 43.534302

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 15:47:29.88 +00:46:37.9 15.149 11.02 106.4 HIP 77285 11.55
2025-11-22 15:47:46.79 +00:45:23.3 15.150 11.00 106.1 HIP 77285 15.71
2025-11-23 15:48:03.69 +00:44:10.2 15.152 10.97 105.8 HIP 77285 19.98
2025-11-24 15:48:20.59 +00:42:58.5 15.153 10.95 105.5 HIP 77285 24.28
2025-11-25 15:48:37.47 +00:41:48.4 15.154 10.92 105.2 HIP 77285 28.61
2025-11-26 15:48:54.33 +00:40:39.8 15.155 10.89 104.9 HIP 77467 28.09
2025-11-27 15:49:11.17 +00:39:32.7 15.155 10.86 104.6 HIP 77467 27.09
2025-11-28 15:49:27.98 +00:38:27.2 15.156 10.82 104.3 HIP 77467 26.79
2025-11-29 15:49:44.77 +00:37:23.2 15.156 10.79 104.0 HIP 77467 27.21
2025-11-30 15:50:01.52 +00:36:20.7 15.155 10.75 103.7 HIP 77467 28.31
2025-12-01 15:50:18.23 +00:35:19.8 15.155 10.71 103.3 HIP 77467 30.01
2025-12-02 15:50:34.90 +00:34:20.5 15.154 10.66 103.0 HIP 77726 29.71
2025-12-03 15:50:51.52 +00:33:22.7 15.153 10.62 102.7 HIP 77726 25.91
2025-12-04 15:51:08.10 +00:32:26.5 15.152 10.57 102.4 HIP 77726 22.30
2025-12-05 15:51:24.62 +00:31:31.9 15.150 10.53 102.1 HIP 77726 18.98
2025-12-06 15:51:41.09 +00:30:38.9 15.149 10.48 101.8 HIP 77726 16.13
2025-12-07 15:51:57.50 +00:29:47.4 15.146 10.48 101.8 HIP 77726 14.01