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C/2020 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2020 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 8.880228
Eccentricity 1.000364
Inclination (deg) 90.985600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 288.436500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 67.297000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2021-N06, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2020-08-03T19:11:16.800

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 08:34:45.28 +60:55:32.4 13.409 7.39 308.6 HIP 42218 16.84
2025-11-22 08:34:26.23 +60:57:22.9 13.402 7.52 307.6 HIP 42218 17.48
2025-11-23 08:34:06.55 +60:59:13.0 13.395 7.66 306.6 HIP 42218 18.64
2025-11-24 08:33:46.25 +61:01:02.4 13.388 7.79 305.6 HIP 42218 20.26
2025-11-25 08:33:25.33 +61:02:51.1 13.382 7.92 304.7 HIP 42218 22.26
2025-11-26 08:33:03.78 +61:04:39.1 13.375 8.05 303.7 HIP 42218 24.56
2025-11-27 08:32:41.62 +61:06:26.2 13.369 8.17 302.8 HIP 42218 27.10
2025-11-28 08:32:18.85 +61:08:12.4 13.363 8.30 301.9 HIP 41568 27.25
2025-11-29 08:31:55.48 +61:09:57.6 13.358 8.43 301.0 HIP 41568 24.46
2025-11-30 08:31:31.50 +61:11:41.8 13.352 8.55 300.2 HIP 41568 21.75
2025-12-01 08:31:06.93 +61:13:24.7 13.346 8.67 299.3 HIP 41568 19.18
2025-12-02 08:30:41.77 +61:15:06.4 13.341 8.79 298.4 HIP 41568 16.86
2025-12-03 08:30:16.02 +61:16:46.8 13.336 8.91 297.6 HIP 41568 14.91
2025-12-04 08:29:49.70 +61:18:25.8 13.331 9.03 296.8 HIP 41568 13.56
2025-12-05 08:29:22.80 +61:20:03.3 13.326 9.15 296.0 HIP 41568 13.02
2025-12-06 08:28:55.34 +61:21:39.3 13.322 9.27 295.2 HIP 41568 13.43
2025-12-07 08:28:27.32 +61:23:13.7 13.317 9.27 295.2 HIP 41568 14.75