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C/2025 Q3 (ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2025 Q3 (ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.112561
Eccentricity 0.997243
Inclination (deg) 90.186100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 233.144100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 218.452900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 21210.882486

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-02-25T15:18:00.000
Period (years) 21210.882486

Finding Chart

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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 03:04:46.31 +20:31:54.7 1.409 140.03 213.8 HIP 14378 24.49
2025-11-22 03:02:33.90 +19:45:18.7 1.407 140.26 213.5 HIP 14201 8.57
2025-11-23 03:00:22.93 +18:58:28.6 1.405 140.31 213.2 HIP 14062 28.08
2025-11-24 02:58:13.55 +18:11:28.0 1.404 140.19 212.9 HIP 13824 23.10
2025-11-25 02:56:05.87 +17:24:20.6 1.403 139.89 212.6 HIP 13752 16.61
2025-11-26 02:54:00.01 +16:37:09.9 1.403 139.42 212.3 HIP 13448 14.17
2025-11-27 02:51:56.08 +15:49:59.6 1.404 138.79 212.0 HIP 13258 20.46
2025-11-28 02:49:54.19 +15:02:53.1 1.405 137.99 211.7 HIP 13327 23.12
2025-11-29 02:47:54.43 +14:15:53.9 1.407 137.04 211.4 HIP 13122 24.46
2025-11-30 02:45:56.89 +13:29:05.5 1.409 135.93 211.1 HIP 12844 22.60
2025-12-01 02:44:01.65 +12:42:31.0 1.412 134.69 210.8 HIP 12832 20.84
2025-12-02 02:42:08.78 +11:56:13.8 1.416 133.30 210.5 HIP 12740 24.93
2025-12-03 02:40:18.36 +11:10:16.7 1.420 131.78 210.2 HIP 12354 36.95
2025-12-04 02:38:30.43 +10:24:42.7 1.424 130.15 209.9 HIP 12354 15.76
2025-12-05 02:36:45.06 +09:39:34.6 1.429 128.40 209.6 HIP 12227 11.55
2025-12-06 02:35:02.28 +08:54:54.7 1.435 126.54 209.3 HIP 11975 18.34
2025-12-07 02:33:22.15 +08:10:45.7 1.441 126.54 209.3 HIP 11862 21.50