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254P/McNaught

Basic Information of 254P/McNaught

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.149854
Eccentricity 0.318306
Inclination (deg) 32.536300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 129.175800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 219.701500
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.932337

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2030-09-03T10:47:25.440
Period (years) 9.932337

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 12:21:06.38 +19:57:03.2 6.462 20.24 85.2 HIP 60193 9.46
2025-11-22 12:21:40.72 +19:57:43.4 6.448 20.05 84.6 HIP 60193 15.85
2025-11-23 12:22:14.71 +19:58:28.4 6.433 19.86 84.0 HIP 60368 12.29
2025-11-24 12:22:48.33 +19:59:18.3 6.419 19.66 83.3 HIP 60368 9.74
2025-11-25 12:23:21.58 +20:00:13.0 6.405 19.47 82.6 HIP 60368 12.73
2025-11-26 12:23:54.46 +20:01:12.7 6.391 19.27 81.9 HIP 60433 17.47
2025-11-27 12:24:26.95 +20:02:17.3 6.376 19.07 81.2 HIP 60433 20.68
2025-11-28 12:24:59.06 +20:03:26.9 6.361 18.87 80.5 HIP 60657 23.68
2025-11-29 12:25:30.77 +20:04:41.5 6.347 18.68 79.7 HIP 60657 21.65
2025-11-30 12:26:02.09 +20:06:01.1 6.332 18.48 79.0 HIP 60657 22.23
2025-12-01 12:26:32.99 +20:07:25.8 6.317 18.28 78.2 HIP 60657 25.17
2025-12-02 12:27:03.48 +20:08:55.5 6.302 18.08 77.4 HIP 60834 19.13
2025-12-03 12:27:33.56 +20:10:30.2 6.287 17.88 76.5 HIP 60834 13.15
2025-12-04 12:28:03.21 +20:12:10.1 6.272 17.69 75.7 HIP 60834 9.12
2025-12-05 12:28:32.42 +20:13:55.1 6.257 17.49 74.8 HIP 60834 9.64
2025-12-06 12:29:01.20 +20:15:45.2 6.242 17.29 73.9 HIP 60834 14.11
2025-12-07 12:29:29.54 +20:17:40.5 6.227 17.29 73.9 HIP 61043 16.84