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285P/LINEAR

Basic Information of 285P/LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.721250
Eccentricity 0.617930
Inclination (deg) 25.030300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 185.517000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 178.376800
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.562061

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2023-01-11T13:46:42.240
Period (years) 9.562061

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 11:10:18.88 -05:27:08.5 6.724 12.75 118.9 HIP 54654 14.30
2025-11-22 11:10:36.83 -05:29:36.4 6.711 12.44 119.2 HIP 54654 9.89
2025-11-23 11:10:54.29 -05:32:01.9 6.698 12.13 119.5 HIP 54654 6.66
2025-11-24 11:11:11.27 -05:34:25.0 6.685 11.81 119.7 HIP 54654 6.33
2025-11-25 11:11:27.75 -05:36:45.7 6.672 11.49 120.1 HIP 54654 9.02
2025-11-26 11:11:43.74 -05:39:03.8 6.659 11.17 120.4 HIP 54654 12.84
2025-11-27 11:11:59.23 -05:41:19.3 6.646 10.84 120.7 HIP 54654 16.93
2025-11-28 11:12:14.22 -05:43:32.2 6.632 10.51 121.1 HIP 54654 21.06
2025-11-29 11:12:28.70 -05:45:42.4 6.619 10.18 121.5 HIP 54825 23.51
2025-11-30 11:12:42.66 -05:47:49.9 6.605 9.84 121.9 HIP 54825 23.50
2025-12-01 11:12:56.11 -05:49:54.6 6.591 9.51 122.3 HIP 54825 24.18
2025-12-02 11:13:09.04 -05:51:56.4 6.578 9.17 122.7 HIP 54825 25.44
2025-12-03 11:13:21.44 -05:53:55.4 6.564 8.82 123.2 HIP 54825 27.13
2025-12-04 11:13:33.31 -05:55:51.5 6.550 8.48 123.8 HIP 54825 29.12
2025-12-05 11:13:44.65 -05:57:44.6 6.536 8.13 124.3 HIP 54825 31.32
2025-12-06 11:13:55.45 -05:59:34.7 6.522 7.78 125.0 HIP 54825 33.64
2025-12-07 11:14:05.70 -06:01:21.7 6.508 7.78 125.0 HIP 54825 36.01