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C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.028644
Eccentricity 0.989579
Inclination (deg) 164.462600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 323.274000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 46.720500
Epoch 2022-01-21T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 980.694076

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2021-03-01T23:05:34.080
Period (years) 980.694076

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 08:46:49.80 +13:09:14.3 14.273 4.78 272.6 HIP 43018 13.95
2025-11-22 08:46:41.96 +13:09:19.5 14.262 4.95 273.1 HIP 43018 12.25
2025-11-23 08:46:33.83 +13:09:26.0 14.251 5.13 273.6 HIP 43018 10.56
2025-11-24 08:46:25.42 +13:09:33.6 14.241 5.30 274.0 HIP 43018 8.93
2025-11-25 08:46:16.73 +13:09:42.5 14.231 5.47 274.4 HIP 43018 7.45
2025-11-26 08:46:07.76 +13:09:52.5 14.220 5.65 274.8 HIP 43018 6.30
2025-11-27 08:45:58.52 +13:10:03.8 14.210 5.82 275.1 HIP 43018 5.77
2025-11-28 08:45:48.99 +13:10:16.3 14.201 5.99 275.5 HIP 43018 6.09
2025-11-29 08:45:39.20 +13:10:29.9 14.191 6.16 275.8 HIP 43018 7.23
2025-11-30 08:45:29.13 +13:10:44.8 14.181 6.33 276.1 HIP 43018 8.93
2025-12-01 08:45:18.79 +13:11:00.9 14.172 6.49 276.4 HIP 43018 10.97
2025-12-02 08:45:08.19 +13:11:18.1 14.162 6.66 276.6 HIP 43018 13.23
2025-12-03 08:44:57.32 +13:11:36.5 14.153 6.82 276.9 HIP 43018 15.66
2025-12-04 08:44:46.19 +13:11:56.1 14.144 6.98 277.1 HIP 43018 18.21
2025-12-05 08:44:34.80 +13:12:16.8 14.135 7.14 277.3 HIP 43018 20.86
2025-12-06 08:44:23.16 +13:12:38.7 14.126 7.30 277.6 HIP 43018 23.61
2025-12-07 08:44:11.26 +13:13:01.7 14.118 7.30 277.6 HIP 42848 24.81