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C/2025 V2 (Rankin)

Basic Information of C/2025 V2 (Rankin)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.953527
Eccentricity 1.000798
Inclination (deg) 37.268800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 138.082500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 102.682000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W57, MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2027-03-22T22:29:51.360

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 09:45:53.98 +10:40:38.9 5.369 9.21 78.1 HIP 48033 25.45
2025-11-22 09:46:08.65 +10:41:24.3 5.344 8.88 76.5 HIP 48033 21.86
2025-11-23 09:46:22.71 +10:42:13.9 5.320 8.56 74.7 HIP 48033 18.39
2025-11-24 09:46:36.16 +10:43:08.0 5.295 8.24 72.8 HIP 48033 15.06
2025-11-25 09:46:48.97 +10:44:06.5 5.271 7.93 70.7 HIP 48033 11.87
2025-11-26 09:47:01.16 +10:45:09.5 5.246 7.63 68.3 HIP 48033 8.83
2025-11-27 09:47:12.70 +10:46:17.1 5.222 7.34 65.8 HIP 48033 5.97
2025-11-28 09:47:23.60 +10:47:29.3 5.197 7.06 63.0 HIP 48033 3.46
2025-11-29 09:47:33.85 +10:48:46.2 5.173 6.80 60.0 HIP 48033 2.19
2025-11-30 09:47:43.44 +10:50:07.9 5.148 6.56 56.7 HIP 48033 3.51
2025-12-01 09:47:52.37 +10:51:34.4 5.124 6.34 53.1 HIP 48033 5.74
2025-12-02 09:48:00.62 +10:53:05.8 5.100 6.14 49.2 HIP 48033 8.07
2025-12-03 09:48:08.20 +10:54:42.0 5.076 5.98 45.1 HIP 48033 10.38
2025-12-04 09:48:15.10 +10:56:23.3 5.051 5.84 40.7 HIP 48033 12.63
2025-12-05 09:48:21.31 +10:58:09.6 5.027 5.74 36.1 HIP 48033 14.82
2025-12-06 09:48:26.83 +11:00:01.0 5.003 5.68 31.3 HIP 48033 16.95
2025-12-07 09:48:31.65 +11:01:57.6 4.980 5.68 31.3 HIP 48033 19.03