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208P/McMillan

Basic Information of 208P/McMillan

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.531261
Eccentricity 0.374578
Inclination (deg) 4.407000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 36.287700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 310.988200
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 8.142273

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2024-08-24T20:22:16.320
Period (years) 8.142273

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 06:19:54.74 +27:41:39.1 2.823 19.31 281.3 HIP 30101 18.68
2025-11-22 06:19:20.53 +27:43:09.9 2.818 19.88 280.9 HIP 30101 22.31
2025-11-23 06:18:45.24 +27:44:39.5 2.813 20.43 280.4 HIP 29927 18.67
2025-11-24 06:18:08.90 +27:46:07.9 2.808 20.97 280.0 HIP 29927 14.42
2025-11-25 06:17:31.54 +27:47:34.8 2.804 21.50 279.6 HIP 29927 14.27
2025-11-26 06:16:53.20 +27:49:00.3 2.800 22.00 279.2 HIP 29749 13.19
2025-11-27 06:16:13.89 +27:50:24.3 2.796 22.49 278.8 HIP 29749 4.42
2025-11-28 06:15:33.67 +27:51:46.5 2.793 22.96 278.4 HIP 29749 4.67
2025-11-29 06:14:52.56 +27:53:06.9 2.789 23.41 278.1 HIP 29668 1.70
2025-11-30 06:14:10.59 +27:54:25.5 2.786 23.84 277.7 HIP 29668 10.96
2025-12-01 06:13:27.82 +27:55:42.0 2.783 24.25 277.4 HIP 29668 20.49
2025-12-02 06:12:44.26 +27:56:56.5 2.781 24.64 277.1 HIP 29554 27.26
2025-12-03 06:11:59.96 +27:58:08.8 2.779 25.01 276.7 HIP 29554 31.90
2025-12-04 06:11:14.96 +27:59:18.8 2.777 25.36 276.4 HIP 29554 38.69
2025-12-05 06:10:29.30 +28:00:26.5 2.775 25.69 276.1 HIP 29051 37.16
2025-12-06 06:09:43.00 +28:01:31.8 2.774 25.99 275.8 HIP 29051 26.92
2025-12-07 06:08:56.12 +28:02:34.6 2.773 25.99 275.8 HIP 29051 16.60