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C/2021 Q3 (ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2021 Q3 (ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.210435
Eccentricity 0.930358
Inclination (deg) 77.709800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 307.906100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 114.156600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2023-FK0, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 647.148757

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-01-25T20:31:29.280
Period (years) 647.148757

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 08:56:30.85 -10:57:00.7 10.416 10.62 206.7 HIP 43896 8.87
2025-11-22 08:56:23.07 -11:00:48.4 10.406 10.66 208.0 HIP 43896 5.54
2025-11-23 08:56:14.90 -11:04:34.3 10.396 10.71 209.4 HIP 43896 4.44
2025-11-24 08:56:06.33 -11:08:18.3 10.386 10.76 210.7 HIP 43859 1.00
2025-11-25 08:55:57.37 -11:12:00.3 10.376 10.81 212.0 HIP 43859 3.31
2025-11-26 08:55:48.02 -11:15:40.3 10.366 10.87 213.3 HIP 43859 7.64
2025-11-27 08:55:38.28 -11:19:18.2 10.356 10.92 214.6 HIP 43805 5.99
2025-11-28 08:55:28.16 -11:22:54.0 10.347 10.98 215.9 HIP 43805 2.78
2025-11-29 08:55:17.66 -11:26:27.7 10.337 11.05 217.1 HIP 43805 4.16
2025-11-30 08:55:06.77 -11:29:59.1 10.328 11.12 218.4 HIP 43805 8.09
2025-12-01 08:54:55.50 -11:33:28.3 10.318 11.19 219.6 HIP 43746 11.62
2025-12-02 08:54:43.86 -11:36:55.1 10.309 11.26 220.8 HIP 43746 14.34
2025-12-03 08:54:31.84 -11:40:19.7 10.300 11.33 222.0 HIP 43746 17.75
2025-12-04 08:54:19.46 -11:43:41.8 10.291 11.41 223.2 HIP 43608 21.35
2025-12-05 08:54:06.70 -11:47:01.5 10.282 11.49 224.3 HIP 43608 18.64
2025-12-06 08:53:53.58 -11:50:18.7 10.273 11.57 225.5 HIP 43608 16.66
2025-12-07 08:53:40.09 -11:53:33.4 10.264 11.57 225.5 HIP 43608 15.71