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C/2021 O3 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2021 O3 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.287327
Eccentricity 1.000097
Inclination (deg) 56.793900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 189.018700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 299.985900
Epoch 2022-08-09T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-04-21T01:06:40.320

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 19:09:32.91 +30:59:03.7 13.190 10.47 124.0 HIP 94048 10.80
2025-11-22 19:09:49.10 +30:56:43.1 13.205 10.50 123.1 HIP 94048 13.10
2025-11-23 19:10:05.51 +30:54:25.5 13.220 10.53 122.1 HIP 94205 13.66
2025-11-24 19:10:22.13 +30:52:11.1 13.235 10.56 121.2 HIP 94205 13.93
2025-11-25 19:10:38.96 +30:49:59.8 13.250 10.58 120.3 HIP 94205 15.33
2025-11-26 19:10:55.98 +30:47:51.6 13.265 10.61 119.4 HIP 94205 17.61
2025-11-27 19:11:13.20 +30:45:46.6 13.280 10.64 118.5 HIP 94205 20.48
2025-11-28 19:11:30.61 +30:43:44.8 13.295 10.67 117.6 HIP 94205 23.73
2025-11-29 19:11:48.21 +30:41:46.2 13.309 10.70 116.7 HIP 94363 22.25
2025-11-30 19:12:05.98 +30:39:50.8 13.324 10.72 115.8 HIP 94363 19.36
2025-12-01 19:12:23.93 +30:37:58.7 13.338 10.75 114.9 HIP 94363 17.11
2025-12-02 19:12:42.05 +30:36:09.8 13.353 10.78 114.1 HIP 94363 15.81
2025-12-03 19:13:00.34 +30:34:24.2 13.367 10.80 113.2 HIP 94363 15.68
2025-12-04 19:13:18.79 +30:32:41.9 13.381 10.83 112.4 HIP 94363 16.78
2025-12-05 19:13:37.39 +30:31:02.8 13.395 10.86 111.5 HIP 94530 13.73
2025-12-06 19:13:56.15 +30:29:27.1 13.409 10.89 110.7 HIP 94530 9.97
2025-12-07 19:14:15.05 +30:27:54.7 13.423 10.89 110.7 HIP 94530 6.98