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217P/LINEAR

Basic Information of 217P/LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.226305
Eccentricity 0.689281
Inclination (deg) 12.866800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 125.368100
Argument of perihelion (deg) 247.043900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, COBS 1 year
Period (years) 7.840541

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-05-24T23:07:52.320
Period (years) 7.840541

Finding Chart

Sky Tracks

217P/LINEAR · Next 30 Days Steps: 3 days · geocentric

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 09:17:32.78 +12:27:10.2 1.997 12.17 73.3 HIP 45538 9.66
2025-11-22 09:17:51.88 +12:28:33.9 1.991 11.27 69.9 HIP 45538 14.46
2025-11-23 09:18:09.22 +12:30:07.0 1.986 10.42 65.8 HIP 45695 15.82
2025-11-24 09:18:24.79 +12:31:49.6 1.980 9.63 60.9 HIP 45695 14.81
2025-11-25 09:18:38.59 +12:33:41.9 1.975 8.92 55.3 HIP 45695 15.21
2025-11-26 09:18:50.61 +12:35:43.8 1.969 8.31 48.7 HIP 45695 16.71
2025-11-27 09:19:00.84 +12:37:55.5 1.964 7.82 41.1 HIP 45695 18.90
2025-11-28 09:19:09.27 +12:40:17.1 1.959 7.49 32.7 HIP 45695 21.48
2025-11-29 09:19:15.90 +12:42:48.5 1.953 7.34 23.6 HIP 45695 24.25
2025-11-30 09:19:20.73 +12:45:29.8 1.948 7.37 14.4 HIP 45695 27.13
2025-12-01 09:19:23.74 +12:48:21.1 1.943 7.59 5.6 HIP 45695 30.08
2025-12-02 09:19:24.95 +12:51:22.3 1.938 7.98 357.3 HIP 45879 31.63
2025-12-03 09:19:24.34 +12:54:33.6 1.933 8.52 350.0 HIP 45879 30.35
2025-12-04 09:19:21.91 +12:57:54.8 1.928 9.18 343.6 HIP 45879 29.73
2025-12-05 09:19:17.66 +13:01:26.1 1.923 9.93 338.2 HIP 45578 28.43
2025-12-06 09:19:11.59 +13:05:07.4 1.918 10.77 333.5 HIP 45578 26.74
2025-12-07 09:19:03.69 +13:08:58.7 1.913 10.77 333.5 HIP 45578 25.14