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C/2020 U4 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2020 U4 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.362753
Eccentricity 1.001511
Inclination (deg) 167.003700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 120.405100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 70.191700
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2024-TD8, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-04-10T05:38:58.560

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 21:06:42.50 -11:49:04.3 10.692 2.04 173.7 HIP 104186 8.76
2025-11-22 21:06:42.86 -11:49:52.9 10.714 1.99 167.0 HIP 104186 8.04
2025-11-23 21:06:43.60 -11:50:39.5 10.737 1.98 160.2 HIP 104186 7.40
2025-11-24 21:06:44.69 -11:51:24.2 10.759 1.99 153.5 HIP 104186 6.87
2025-11-25 21:06:46.14 -11:52:06.9 10.782 2.03 147.0 HIP 104186 6.47
2025-11-26 21:06:47.95 -11:52:47.8 10.804 2.09 140.9 HIP 104186 6.23
2025-11-27 21:06:50.10 -11:53:26.7 10.826 2.17 135.3 HIP 104186 6.18
2025-11-28 21:06:52.60 -11:54:03.7 10.848 2.27 130.2 HIP 104186 6.32
2025-11-29 21:06:55.43 -11:54:38.9 10.870 2.39 125.6 HIP 104186 6.67
2025-11-30 21:06:58.60 -11:55:12.2 10.892 2.51 121.5 HIP 104186 7.20
2025-12-01 21:07:02.11 -11:55:43.7 10.913 2.65 117.8 HIP 104186 7.90
2025-12-02 21:07:05.93 -11:56:13.4 10.935 2.79 114.6 HIP 104186 8.75
2025-12-03 21:07:10.08 -11:56:41.2 10.956 2.94 111.7 HIP 104186 9.71
2025-12-04 21:07:14.54 -11:57:07.3 10.978 3.09 109.1 HIP 104186 10.79
2025-12-05 21:07:19.32 -11:57:31.6 10.999 3.25 106.8 HIP 104186 11.95
2025-12-06 21:07:24.40 -11:57:54.2 11.020 3.40 104.8 HIP 104186 13.21
2025-12-07 21:07:29.78 -11:58:15.0 11.041 3.40 104.8 HIP 104311 14.04