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C/2021 K3 (Catalina)

Basic Information of C/2021 K3 (Catalina)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.225562
Eccentricity 1.003956
Inclination (deg) 134.780400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 114.614500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 181.988500
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2022-L66, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-02-03T11:02:24.000

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 11:59:26.47 -47:05:08.7 11.451 8.39 162.3 HIP 58540 15.50
2025-11-22 11:59:32.46 -47:08:20.4 11.448 8.37 163.6 HIP 58540 12.29
2025-11-23 11:59:38.03 -47:11:33.0 11.445 8.35 164.8 HIP 58540 9.23
2025-11-24 11:59:43.19 -47:14:46.3 11.442 8.33 166.1 HIP 58540 6.52
2025-11-25 11:59:47.92 -47:18:00.3 11.439 8.31 167.3 HIP 58540 4.77
2025-11-26 11:59:52.23 -47:21:14.9 11.436 8.30 168.6 HIP 58540 5.09
2025-11-27 11:59:56.10 -47:24:30.1 11.432 8.28 169.9 HIP 58540 7.19
2025-11-28 11:59:59.53 -47:27:45.8 11.429 8.27 171.2 HIP 58540 10.01
2025-11-29 12:00:02.52 -47:31:01.9 11.425 8.25 172.5 HIP 58588 9.47
2025-11-30 12:00:05.06 -47:34:18.3 11.421 8.24 173.9 HIP 58588 8.03
2025-12-01 12:00:07.14 -47:37:35.0 11.417 8.24 175.2 HIP 58588 7.89
2025-12-02 12:00:08.77 -47:40:52.0 11.413 8.23 176.6 HIP 58588 9.11
2025-12-03 12:00:09.93 -47:44:09.1 11.408 8.22 178.0 HIP 58588 11.25
2025-12-04 12:00:10.63 -47:47:26.3 11.404 8.22 179.3 HIP 58588 13.89
2025-12-05 12:00:10.85 -47:50:43.6 11.399 8.22 180.7 HIP 58588 16.80
2025-12-06 12:00:10.60 -47:54:00.8 11.394 8.22 182.1 HIP 58399 17.44
2025-12-07 12:00:09.87 -47:57:18.0 11.389 8.22 182.1 HIP 58399 18.16