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C/2023 S3 (Lemmon)

Basic Information of C/2023 S3 (Lemmon)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.829968
Eccentricity 0.970861
Inclination (deg) 140.497500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 233.833000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 281.563800
Epoch 2024-10-17T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 152.012764

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2024-01-19T15:09:21.600
Period (years) 152.012764

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 13:07:28.65 +29:00:01.1 7.850 12.24 59.1 HIP 63982 13.07
2025-11-22 13:07:47.88 +29:02:31.9 7.845 12.20 57.8 HIP 63982 17.96
2025-11-23 13:08:06.77 +29:05:08.0 7.840 12.16 56.4 HIP 64131 19.17
2025-11-24 13:08:25.33 +29:07:49.2 7.835 12.12 55.1 HIP 64131 15.46
2025-11-25 13:08:43.54 +29:10:35.6 7.830 12.08 53.7 HIP 64131 12.46
2025-11-26 13:09:01.39 +29:13:27.3 7.824 12.05 52.3 HIP 64131 10.77
2025-11-27 13:09:18.89 +29:16:24.1 7.819 12.03 50.9 HIP 64131 11.00
2025-11-28 13:09:36.02 +29:19:26.1 7.813 12.01 49.5 HIP 64269 12.15
2025-11-29 13:09:52.77 +29:22:33.2 7.808 11.99 48.0 HIP 64269 7.37
2025-11-30 13:10:09.15 +29:25:45.6 7.802 11.98 46.6 HIP 64269 2.71
2025-12-01 13:10:25.14 +29:29:03.1 7.796 11.97 45.1 HIP 64269 2.58
2025-12-02 13:10:40.73 +29:32:25.7 7.790 11.97 43.6 HIP 64269 7.22
2025-12-03 13:10:55.93 +29:35:53.5 7.784 11.97 42.2 HIP 64269 11.98
2025-12-04 13:11:10.72 +29:39:26.4 7.778 11.98 40.7 HIP 64388 12.11
2025-12-05 13:11:25.11 +29:43:04.3 7.771 11.99 39.2 HIP 64388 13.33
2025-12-06 13:11:39.07 +29:46:47.4 7.765 12.01 37.7 HIP 64422 14.10
2025-12-07 13:11:52.61 +29:50:35.6 7.759 12.01 37.7 HIP 64422 9.31