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271P/vanHouten-Lemmon

Basic Information of 271P/vanHouten-Lemmon

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.250097
Eccentricity 0.395669
Inclination (deg) 6.863700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 9.226700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 36.683300
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 18.650306

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2032-03-22T16:24:40.320
Period (years) 18.650306

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 16:42:19.71 -27:55:43.7 10.040 18.43 97.2 HIP 81731 11.75
2025-11-22 16:42:52.82 -27:56:39.0 10.043 18.48 97.2 HIP 81731 18.49
2025-11-23 16:43:26.02 -27:57:34.6 10.045 18.52 97.2 HIP 81874 21.11
2025-11-24 16:43:59.32 -27:58:30.4 10.047 18.57 97.3 HIP 82008 15.67
2025-11-25 16:44:32.69 -27:59:26.4 10.049 18.61 97.3 HIP 82008 8.97
2025-11-26 16:45:06.15 -28:00:22.6 10.050 18.65 97.3 HIP 82008 5.06
2025-11-27 16:45:39.68 -28:01:19.1 10.051 18.68 97.3 HIP 82008 9.06
2025-11-28 16:46:13.27 -28:02:15.7 10.052 18.72 97.3 HIP 82008 15.82
2025-11-29 16:46:46.93 -28:03:12.6 10.053 18.74 97.3 HIP 82153 19.46
2025-11-30 16:47:20.64 -28:04:09.6 10.053 18.77 97.3 HIP 82153 18.81
2025-12-01 16:47:54.41 -28:05:06.7 10.054 18.79 97.3 HIP 82229 17.73
2025-12-02 16:48:28.22 -28:06:04.1 10.054 18.81 97.3 HIP 82229 18.07
2025-12-03 16:49:02.07 -28:07:01.5 10.053 18.83 97.4 HIP 82264 19.47
2025-12-04 16:49:35.95 -28:07:59.2 10.053 18.85 97.4 HIP 82458 21.80
2025-12-05 16:50:09.87 -28:08:56.9 10.052 18.86 97.4 HIP 82458 15.94
2025-12-06 16:50:43.81 -28:09:54.8 10.051 18.87 97.4 HIP 82458 12.11
2025-12-07 16:51:17.77 -28:10:52.7 10.049 18.87 97.4 HIP 82479 9.69