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300P/Catalina

Basic Information of 300P/Catalina

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.829288
Eccentricity 0.692390
Inclination (deg) 5.676300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 95.618900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 222.874000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 4.426469

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2027-09-13T19:42:05.760
Period (years) 4.426469

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 10:50:32.69 +12:04:11.4 4.539 14.92 101.3 HIP 53014 12.27
2025-11-22 10:50:56.62 +12:03:01.0 4.521 14.48 100.9 HIP 53014 13.31
2025-11-23 10:51:19.89 +12:01:55.3 4.504 14.04 100.4 HIP 53014 16.43
2025-11-24 10:51:42.47 +12:00:54.3 4.486 13.59 99.9 HIP 53014 20.56
2025-11-25 10:52:04.37 +11:59:58.2 4.468 13.14 99.4 HIP 53014 25.09
2025-11-26 10:52:25.57 +11:59:06.9 4.451 12.68 98.8 HIP 53014 29.74
2025-11-27 10:52:46.06 +11:58:20.5 4.433 12.21 98.1 HIP 53315 32.74
2025-11-28 10:53:05.84 +11:57:39.1 4.415 11.75 97.4 HIP 53315 30.21
2025-11-29 10:53:24.89 +11:57:02.7 4.397 11.28 96.6 HIP 53315 28.31
2025-11-30 10:53:43.21 +11:56:31.4 4.379 10.80 95.8 HIP 53315 27.08
2025-12-01 10:54:00.78 +11:56:05.2 4.361 10.32 94.8 HIP 53315 26.50
2025-12-02 10:54:17.61 +11:55:44.3 4.344 9.84 93.8 HIP 53315 26.53
2025-12-03 10:54:33.67 +11:55:28.5 4.326 9.36 92.7 HIP 53315 27.08
2025-12-04 10:54:48.96 +11:55:18.1 4.308 8.88 91.4 HIP 53315 28.04
2025-12-05 10:55:03.47 +11:55:12.9 4.290 8.39 89.9 HIP 53315 29.29
2025-12-06 10:55:17.19 +11:55:13.2 4.272 7.91 88.3 HIP 53315 30.73
2025-12-07 10:55:30.12 +11:55:19.0 4.254 7.91 88.3 HIP 53315 32.27