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C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Basic Information of C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.284694
Eccentricity 0.989999
Inclination (deg) 160.423600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 147.455900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 357.886100
Epoch 2023-09-13T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 1455.909577

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2019-02-05T07:49:00.480
Period (years) 1455.909577

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 23:23:56.05 +07:21:33.1 18.182 4.30 225.3 HIP 115396 21.97
2025-11-22 23:23:51.12 +07:20:20.4 18.203 4.18 224.5 HIP 115396 21.31
2025-11-23 23:23:46.40 +07:19:08.9 18.224 4.05 223.6 HIP 115396 20.80
2025-11-24 23:23:41.89 +07:17:58.6 18.245 3.92 222.8 HIP 115396 20.45
2025-11-25 23:23:37.59 +07:16:49.5 18.266 3.80 221.8 HIP 115396 20.26
2025-11-26 23:23:33.51 +07:15:41.6 18.287 3.67 220.8 HIP 115396 20.21
2025-11-27 23:23:29.64 +07:14:34.9 18.309 3.54 219.8 HIP 115396 20.29
2025-11-28 23:23:25.99 +07:13:29.5 18.330 3.42 218.6 HIP 115396 20.50
2025-11-29 23:23:22.54 +07:12:25.4 18.352 3.30 217.4 HIP 115396 20.82
2025-11-30 23:23:19.32 +07:11:22.6 18.373 3.17 216.1 HIP 115396 21.23
2025-12-01 23:23:16.30 +07:10:21.0 18.395 3.05 214.7 HIP 115396 21.72
2025-12-02 23:23:13.50 +07:09:20.8 18.417 2.93 213.2 HIP 115396 22.28
2025-12-03 23:23:10.91 +07:08:21.8 18.439 2.82 211.5 HIP 115396 22.89
2025-12-04 23:23:08.54 +07:07:24.2 18.461 2.70 209.8 HIP 115396 23.54
2025-12-05 23:23:06.37 +07:06:27.9 18.483 2.59 207.9 HIP 115396 24.23
2025-12-06 23:23:04.42 +07:05:33.0 18.505 2.48 205.8 HIP 115396 24.94
2025-12-07 23:23:02.68 +07:04:39.4 18.528 2.48 205.8 HIP 115396 25.66