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C/2020 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2020 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.700724
Eccentricity 0.989035
Inclination (deg) 53.208800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 195.137800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 211.892100
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2024-F34, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 8876.345023

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-02-25T07:03:12.960
Period (years) 8876.345023

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 10:04:21.59 -28:37:06.0 10.922 8.15 157.6 HIP 49311 9.10
2025-11-22 10:04:27.25 -28:40:06.8 10.915 8.01 158.9 HIP 49311 12.27
2025-11-23 10:04:32.51 -28:43:06.2 10.907 7.88 160.3 HIP 49311 15.41
2025-11-24 10:04:37.37 -28:46:04.3 10.900 7.75 161.6 HIP 49311 18.51
2025-11-25 10:04:41.83 -28:49:00.8 10.892 7.62 163.1 HIP 49285 19.56
2025-11-26 10:04:45.89 -28:51:55.9 10.885 7.50 164.5 HIP 49285 18.37
2025-11-27 10:04:49.55 -28:54:49.3 10.877 7.38 166.0 HIP 49285 17.57
2025-11-28 10:04:52.80 -28:57:41.1 10.869 7.26 167.6 HIP 49285 17.18
2025-11-29 10:04:55.66 -29:00:31.2 10.861 7.14 169.2 HIP 49476 16.63
2025-11-30 10:04:58.12 -29:03:19.4 10.854 7.02 170.8 HIP 49476 15.21
2025-12-01 10:05:00.17 -29:06:05.9 10.846 6.91 172.5 HIP 49476 14.31
2025-12-02 10:05:01.82 -29:08:50.4 10.838 6.81 174.3 HIP 49476 14.01
2025-12-03 10:05:03.07 -29:11:33.0 10.830 6.71 176.0 HIP 49476 14.33
2025-12-04 10:05:03.92 -29:14:13.5 10.822 6.61 177.9 HIP 49476 15.20
2025-12-05 10:05:04.36 -29:16:52.0 10.814 6.51 179.8 HIP 49476 16.52
2025-12-06 10:05:04.41 -29:19:28.3 10.806 6.43 181.7 HIP 49476 18.17
2025-12-07 10:05:04.05 -29:22:02.5 10.798 6.43 181.7 HIP 49476 20.05