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C/2020 K8 (Catalina-ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2020 K8 (Catalina-ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.472394
Eccentricity 1.000172
Inclination (deg) 31.462800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 181.554400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 259.948100
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2020-09-14T18:14:24.000

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 16:04:47.11 +05:12:01.3 17.280 9.15 100.1 HIP 78846 13.59
2025-11-22 16:05:01.58 +05:11:22.8 17.285 9.14 99.7 HIP 78846 9.97
2025-11-23 16:05:16.05 +05:10:45.8 17.290 9.13 99.3 HIP 78846 6.38
2025-11-24 16:05:30.53 +05:10:10.4 17.295 9.12 98.9 HIP 78846 2.94
2025-11-25 16:05:45.00 +05:09:36.6 17.300 9.11 98.5 HIP 78846 1.78
2025-11-26 16:05:59.47 +05:09:04.3 17.304 9.09 98.1 HIP 78846 4.92
2025-11-27 16:06:13.93 +05:08:33.7 17.308 9.07 97.7 HIP 78846 8.46
2025-11-28 16:06:28.37 +05:08:04.6 17.312 9.06 97.3 HIP 78846 12.05
2025-11-29 16:06:42.81 +05:07:37.2 17.316 9.03 96.8 HIP 78846 15.65
2025-11-30 16:06:57.22 +05:07:11.3 17.319 9.01 96.4 HIP 78846 19.24
2025-12-01 16:07:11.60 +05:06:47.1 17.322 8.99 96.0 HIP 78901 21.65
2025-12-02 16:07:25.96 +05:06:24.5 17.325 8.96 95.6 HIP 78901 24.11
2025-12-03 16:07:40.29 +05:06:03.5 17.328 8.94 95.2 HIP 79093 23.69
2025-12-04 16:07:54.59 +05:05:44.1 17.330 8.91 94.8 HIP 79093 21.87
2025-12-05 16:08:08.85 +05:05:26.4 17.332 8.88 94.3 HIP 79093 20.51
2025-12-06 16:08:23.07 +05:05:10.3 17.334 8.85 93.9 HIP 79093 19.67
2025-12-07 16:08:37.25 +05:04:55.9 17.336 8.85 93.9 HIP 79093 19.43