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C/2020 K6 (Rankin)

Basic Information of C/2020 K6 (Rankin)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.865359
Eccentricity 1.001673
Inclination (deg) 103.627400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 291.603000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 44.258900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2023-N01, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2021-09-14T08:06:17.280

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 10:32:53.42 +59:49:03.0 11.363 8.00 345.1 HIP 51468 16.33
2025-11-22 10:32:46.87 +59:52:08.7 11.356 8.14 343.8 HIP 51468 16.57
2025-11-23 10:32:39.62 +59:55:16.3 11.349 8.28 342.5 HIP 51468 17.37
2025-11-24 10:32:31.65 +59:58:25.9 11.343 8.42 341.2 HIP 51468 18.67
2025-11-25 10:32:22.97 +60:01:37.2 11.336 8.57 340.0 HIP 51468 20.40
2025-11-26 10:32:13.56 +60:04:50.4 11.330 8.71 338.7 HIP 51378 19.54
2025-11-27 10:32:03.41 +60:08:05.1 11.323 8.85 337.6 HIP 51378 18.88
2025-11-28 10:31:52.54 +60:11:21.4 11.317 9.00 336.4 HIP 51378 18.78
2025-11-29 10:31:40.92 +60:14:39.2 11.311 9.14 335.2 HIP 51378 19.28
2025-11-30 10:31:28.56 +60:17:58.3 11.305 9.28 334.1 HIP 51378 20.37
2025-12-01 10:31:15.45 +60:21:18.8 11.299 9.43 333.0 HIP 51378 21.99
2025-12-02 10:31:01.58 +60:24:40.4 11.293 9.57 331.9 HIP 51378 24.06
2025-12-03 10:30:46.96 +60:28:03.1 11.287 9.72 330.9 HIP 51378 26.50
2025-12-04 10:30:31.58 +60:31:26.7 11.281 9.86 329.8 HIP 51378 29.24
2025-12-05 10:30:15.44 +60:34:51.3 11.276 10.01 328.8 HIP 51160 28.66
2025-12-06 10:29:58.53 +60:38:16.8 11.270 10.15 327.8 HIP 51160 25.08
2025-12-07 10:29:40.84 +60:41:42.9 11.265 10.15 327.8 HIP 51160 21.57