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C/2025 M2 (PANSTARRS)

Basic Information of C/2025 M2 (PANSTARRS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.720328
Eccentricity 1.002020
Inclination (deg) 173.214900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 305.534400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 96.761000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-UQ3, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2027-11-23T10:18:46.080

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 20:32:17.95 -19:41:37.8 7.529 1.33 25.6 HIP 101374 23.56
2025-11-22 20:32:18.93 -19:41:09.0 7.538 1.55 34.7 HIP 101374 23.95
2025-11-23 20:32:20.42 -19:40:38.4 7.548 1.79 41.3 HIP 101374 24.35
2025-11-24 20:32:22.43 -19:40:06.1 7.557 2.05 46.3 HIP 101405 23.79
2025-11-25 20:32:24.95 -19:39:32.1 7.566 2.31 50.0 HIP 101405 23.04
2025-11-26 20:32:27.96 -19:38:56.4 7.575 2.58 53.0 HIP 101405 22.22
2025-11-27 20:32:31.47 -19:38:19.1 7.584 2.86 55.4 HIP 101405 21.34
2025-11-28 20:32:35.46 -19:37:40.1 7.592 3.13 57.3 HIP 101405 20.42
2025-11-29 20:32:39.93 -19:36:59.6 7.601 3.40 58.9 HIP 101405 19.46
2025-11-30 20:32:44.87 -19:36:17.4 7.609 3.67 60.2 HIP 101405 18.48
2025-12-01 20:32:50.28 -19:35:33.7 7.617 3.93 61.4 HIP 101405 17.51
2025-12-02 20:32:56.14 -19:34:48.4 7.625 4.20 62.3 HIP 101405 16.57
2025-12-03 20:33:02.46 -19:34:01.6 7.633 4.46 63.2 HIP 101405 15.71
2025-12-04 20:33:09.21 -19:33:13.3 7.641 4.72 63.9 HIP 101405 14.98
2025-12-05 20:33:16.41 -19:32:23.6 7.648 4.97 64.6 HIP 101405 14.43
2025-12-06 20:33:24.04 -19:31:32.3 7.655 5.23 65.2 HIP 101405 14.12
2025-12-07 20:33:32.09 -19:30:39.7 7.662 5.23 65.2 HIP 101405 14.12