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C/2020 A3 (ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2020 A3 (ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.753440
Eccentricity 0.998470
Inclination (deg) 146.615600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 120.796300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 268.221600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2023-A50, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 230597.309776

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2019-06-26T06:14:06.720
Period (years) 230597.309776

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 07:42:24.82 +29:11:29.9 15.032 8.28 295.5 HIP 37575 21.73
2025-11-22 07:42:11.12 +29:12:55.4 15.023 8.42 295.1 HIP 37575 23.76
2025-11-23 07:41:57.14 +29:14:21.1 15.014 8.56 294.8 HIP 37575 26.08
2025-11-24 07:41:42.89 +29:15:47.1 15.005 8.69 294.4 HIP 37575 28.64
2025-11-25 07:41:28.37 +29:17:13.3 14.997 8.83 294.1 HIP 37575 31.40
2025-11-26 07:41:13.58 +29:18:39.7 14.989 8.96 293.7 HIP 37575 34.33
2025-11-27 07:40:58.53 +29:20:06.2 14.981 9.09 293.4 HIP 37575 37.40
2025-11-28 07:40:43.22 +29:21:32.9 14.973 9.22 293.1 HIP 37267 38.69
2025-11-29 07:40:27.65 +29:22:59.6 14.966 9.34 292.8 HIP 37267 35.75
2025-11-30 07:40:11.84 +29:24:26.5 14.958 9.46 292.5 HIP 37267 32.94
2025-12-01 07:39:55.77 +29:25:53.3 14.951 9.59 292.2 HIP 37267 30.32
2025-12-02 07:39:39.47 +29:27:20.2 14.944 9.70 291.9 HIP 37267 27.95
2025-12-03 07:39:22.92 +29:28:47.2 14.938 9.82 291.7 HIP 37267 25.92
2025-12-04 07:39:06.14 +29:30:14.0 14.932 9.93 291.4 HIP 37267 24.35
2025-12-05 07:38:49.13 +29:31:40.9 14.925 10.04 291.1 HIP 37267 23.35
2025-12-06 07:38:31.90 +29:33:07.6 14.920 10.15 290.9 HIP 37267 23.01
2025-12-07 07:38:14.44 +29:34:34.3 14.914 10.15 290.9 HIP 37267 23.40