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C/2020 O2 (Amaral)

Basic Information of C/2020 O2 (Amaral)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.854683
Eccentricity 0.999285
Inclination (deg) 71.763800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 256.786800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 10.145500
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2024-JU4, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 559477.019189

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2021-08-27T00:39:27.360
Period (years) 559477.019189

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 22:06:17.95 +67:52:36.0 11.378 12.15 163.0 HIP 109335 17.87
2025-11-22 22:06:33.03 +67:47:57.1 11.387 12.18 162.0 HIP 109335 14.64
2025-11-23 22:06:48.89 +67:43:18.9 11.395 12.21 161.1 HIP 109335 12.43
2025-11-24 22:07:05.52 +67:38:41.5 11.404 12.25 160.2 HIP 109335 11.84
2025-11-25 22:07:22.93 +67:34:04.9 11.412 12.28 159.3 HIP 109339 12.99
2025-11-26 22:07:41.09 +67:29:29.3 11.421 12.30 158.4 HIP 109339 15.59
2025-11-27 22:08:00.00 +67:24:54.8 11.430 12.33 157.5 HIP 109339 19.07
2025-11-28 22:08:19.63 +67:20:21.4 11.439 12.36 156.5 HIP 109339 23.05
2025-11-29 22:08:40.00 +67:15:49.1 11.448 12.39 155.6 HIP 109339 27.31
2025-11-30 22:09:01.07 +67:11:18.2 11.457 12.41 154.8 HIP 109635 25.40
2025-12-01 22:09:22.85 +67:06:48.6 11.467 12.44 153.9 HIP 109635 21.23
2025-12-02 22:09:45.33 +67:02:20.5 11.476 12.47 153.0 HIP 109635 17.40
2025-12-03 22:10:08.48 +66:57:53.9 11.486 12.49 152.1 HIP 109635 14.22
2025-12-04 22:10:32.30 +66:53:28.8 11.496 12.52 151.2 HIP 109635 12.22
2025-12-05 22:10:56.79 +66:49:05.4 11.505 12.54 150.4 HIP 109635 12.02
2025-12-06 22:11:21.92 +66:44:43.7 11.515 12.56 149.5 HIP 109635 13.71
2025-12-07 22:11:47.69 +66:40:23.8 11.525 12.56 149.5 HIP 109518 13.31