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260P/McNaught

Basic Information of 260P/McNaught

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.417841
Eccentricity 0.608719
Inclination (deg) 15.038900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 349.276000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 18.514800
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 6.897761

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-08-05T00:08:03.840
Period (years) 6.897761

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 16:41:06.68 -33:35:58.4 3.770 58.05 95.5 HIP 81620 14.13
2025-11-22 16:42:57.73 -33:38:09.0 3.766 58.31 95.4 HIP 81827 23.83
2025-11-23 16:44:49.35 -33:40:17.2 3.763 58.57 95.3 HIP 82046 14.40
2025-11-24 16:46:41.53 -33:42:22.8 3.759 58.83 95.1 HIP 82201 11.39
2025-11-25 16:48:34.26 -33:44:25.7 3.756 59.08 95.0 HIP 82299 4.92
2025-11-26 16:50:27.55 -33:46:25.8 3.752 59.33 94.9 HIP 82299 18.87
2025-11-27 16:52:21.39 -33:48:23.1 3.748 59.58 94.7 HIP 82597 27.13
2025-11-28 16:54:15.78 -33:50:17.5 3.744 59.83 94.6 HIP 82714 21.89
2025-11-29 16:56:10.71 -33:52:08.9 3.739 60.08 94.4 HIP 82881 13.96
2025-11-30 16:58:06.17 -33:53:57.1 3.735 60.33 94.3 HIP 83059 17.63
2025-12-01 17:00:02.18 -33:55:42.2 3.730 60.57 94.2 HIP 83334 22.84
2025-12-02 17:01:58.71 -33:57:24.0 3.725 60.82 94.0 HIP 83334 3.52
2025-12-03 17:03:55.77 -33:59:02.5 3.720 61.06 93.9 HIP 83574 13.88
2025-12-04 17:05:53.37 -34:00:37.5 3.715 61.30 93.7 HIP 83574 14.88
2025-12-05 17:07:51.48 -34:02:09.0 3.710 61.55 93.5 HIP 83861 11.92
2025-12-06 17:09:50.13 -34:03:36.8 3.705 61.79 93.4 HIP 83861 21.87
2025-12-07 17:11:49.29 -34:05:01.0 3.699 61.79 93.4 HIP 84162 18.35