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C/2022 D2 (Kowalski)

Basic Information of C/2022 D2 (Kowalski)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.555163
Eccentricity 0.995709
Inclination (deg) 22.654900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 312.469500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 177.791900
Epoch 2022-01-21T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 6899.634750

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-03-27T13:51:01.440
Period (years) 6899.634750

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 17:50:32.22 -37:58:43.7 12.746 12.28 82.6 HIP 87372 12.65
2025-11-22 17:50:56.94 -37:58:05.4 12.760 12.35 82.8 HIP 87372 11.37
2025-11-23 17:51:21.80 -37:57:28.1 12.775 12.41 83.0 HIP 87372 12.11
2025-11-24 17:51:46.78 -37:56:51.6 12.789 12.46 83.2 HIP 87372 14.58
2025-11-25 17:52:11.88 -37:56:16.0 12.802 12.52 83.4 HIP 87372 18.11
2025-11-26 17:52:37.11 -37:55:41.3 12.816 12.57 83.6 HIP 87443 20.86
2025-11-27 17:53:02.44 -37:55:07.4 12.829 12.62 83.8 HIP 87443 23.40
2025-11-28 17:53:27.88 -37:54:34.5 12.842 12.67 84.0 HIP 87443 26.66
2025-11-29 17:53:53.42 -37:54:02.4 12.855 12.71 84.2 HIP 87672 27.85
2025-11-30 17:54:19.06 -37:53:31.1 12.867 12.75 84.3 HIP 87672 26.56
2025-12-01 17:54:44.79 -37:53:00.7 12.879 12.79 84.5 HIP 87672 26.23
2025-12-02 17:55:10.60 -37:52:31.2 12.891 12.83 84.7 HIP 87672 26.91
2025-12-03 17:55:36.49 -37:52:02.6 12.903 12.86 84.9 HIP 87672 28.54
2025-12-04 17:56:02.46 -37:51:34.8 12.915 12.90 85.0 HIP 87672 30.96
2025-12-05 17:56:28.49 -37:51:07.8 12.926 12.93 85.2 HIP 87978 28.90
2025-12-06 17:56:54.60 -37:50:41.7 12.937 12.96 85.4 HIP 87978 25.63
2025-12-07 17:57:20.76 -37:50:16.5 12.948 12.96 85.4 HIP 87978 23.05