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C/2024 O1 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2024 O1 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 6.605594
Eccentricity 1.000266
Inclination (deg) 59.081600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 303.345300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 349.862600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2024-PC5, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2023-01-28T05:00:23.040

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 21:04:53.58 +31:35:52.8 9.273 7.87 126.2 HIP 104014 7.98
2025-11-22 21:05:05.51 +31:34:01.4 9.289 7.99 124.4 HIP 104126 7.97
2025-11-23 21:05:17.88 +31:32:12.9 9.305 8.11 122.8 HIP 104126 5.61
2025-11-24 21:05:30.68 +31:30:27.4 9.321 8.24 121.2 HIP 104126 4.36
2025-11-25 21:05:43.90 +31:28:45.0 9.337 8.37 119.6 HIP 104126 5.21
2025-11-26 21:05:57.55 +31:27:05.6 9.353 8.50 118.1 HIP 104126 7.53
2025-11-27 21:06:11.61 +31:25:29.4 9.369 8.64 116.6 HIP 104126 10.44
2025-11-28 21:06:26.09 +31:23:56.4 9.385 8.78 115.2 HIP 104185 12.89
2025-11-29 21:06:40.96 +31:22:26.7 9.401 8.91 113.8 HIP 104185 11.59
2025-11-30 21:06:56.24 +31:21:00.3 9.417 9.05 112.5 HIP 104185 11.37
2025-12-01 21:07:11.92 +31:19:37.2 9.433 9.20 111.2 HIP 104185 12.34
2025-12-02 21:07:27.98 +31:18:17.4 9.449 9.34 109.9 HIP 104336 10.96
2025-12-03 21:07:44.42 +31:17:01.1 9.465 9.48 108.7 HIP 104336 9.62
2025-12-04 21:08:01.24 +31:15:48.2 9.481 9.63 107.5 HIP 104336 9.58
2025-12-05 21:08:18.43 +31:14:38.8 9.497 9.78 106.3 HIP 104336 10.89
2025-12-06 21:08:35.99 +31:13:32.9 9.513 9.93 105.2 HIP 104336 13.22
2025-12-07 21:08:53.92 +31:12:30.5 9.529 9.93 105.2 HIP 104336 16.17