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C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Basic Information of C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.431068
Eccentricity 0.999846
Inclination (deg) 110.554900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 259.798100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 68.087300
Epoch 2024-10-17T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 148094.045021

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2020-05-26T10:32:09.600
Period (years) 148094.045021

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 04:23:42.31 -27:26:02.1 16.380 9.37 256.0 HIP 20489 13.76
2025-11-22 04:23:25.91 -27:26:56.3 16.386 9.36 256.8 HIP 20489 12.55
2025-11-23 04:23:09.49 -27:27:47.6 16.393 9.34 257.5 HIP 20489 12.44
2025-11-24 04:22:53.04 -27:28:35.8 16.399 9.32 258.3 HIP 20489 13.46
2025-11-25 04:22:36.57 -27:29:21.1 16.406 9.30 259.1 HIP 20489 15.38
2025-11-26 04:22:20.09 -27:30:03.4 16.414 9.28 259.8 HIP 20489 17.91
2025-11-27 04:22:03.60 -27:30:42.6 16.421 9.26 260.6 HIP 20489 20.82
2025-11-28 04:21:47.12 -27:31:18.9 16.429 9.24 261.4 HIP 20489 23.97
2025-11-29 04:21:30.64 -27:31:52.1 16.437 9.21 262.1 HIP 20489 27.27
2025-11-30 04:21:14.17 -27:32:22.2 16.445 9.19 262.9 HIP 20163 30.61
2025-12-01 04:20:57.72 -27:32:49.4 16.453 9.16 263.7 HIP 20163 27.83
2025-12-02 04:20:41.30 -27:33:13.5 16.462 9.13 264.5 HIP 20163 25.26
2025-12-03 04:20:24.90 -27:33:34.6 16.471 9.10 265.2 HIP 20163 22.95
2025-12-04 04:20:08.54 -27:33:52.6 16.480 9.06 266.0 HIP 20163 20.99
2025-12-05 04:19:52.22 -27:34:07.7 16.489 9.03 266.8 HIP 20163 19.47
2025-12-06 04:19:35.95 -27:34:19.7 16.498 8.99 267.6 HIP 20163 18.51
2025-12-07 04:19:19.73 -27:34:28.7 16.508 8.99 267.6 HIP 20163 18.17