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306P/LINEAR

Basic Information of 306P/LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.272984
Eccentricity 0.592511
Inclination (deg) 8.301700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 341.338800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 0.914500
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 5.521545

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-08-01T15:31:40.800
Period (years) 5.521545

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 03:21:08.37 +37:14:55.0 0.800 39.01 239.9 HIP 15740 24.15
2025-11-22 03:20:00.67 +37:07:03.9 0.807 38.40 238.5 HIP 15468 15.94
2025-11-23 03:18:55.11 +36:59:00.8 0.815 37.75 237.0 HIP 15468 9.10
2025-11-24 03:17:51.78 +36:50:46.9 0.822 37.06 235.6 HIP 15468 19.20
2025-11-25 03:16:50.76 +36:42:23.2 0.830 36.33 234.1 HIP 15295 21.98
2025-11-26 03:15:52.13 +36:33:51.1 0.839 35.57 232.6 HIP 15151 8.83
2025-11-27 03:14:55.94 +36:25:11.6 0.847 34.79 231.0 HIP 15151 5.40
2025-11-28 03:14:02.26 +36:16:25.8 0.856 33.98 229.4 HIP 15035 8.70
2025-11-29 03:13:11.14 +36:07:34.9 0.865 33.15 227.8 HIP 15035 7.00
2025-11-30 03:12:22.61 +35:58:39.7 0.874 32.30 226.1 HIP 15035 19.39
2025-12-01 03:11:36.69 +35:49:41.4 0.883 31.45 224.3 HIP 15035 32.09
2025-12-02 03:10:53.42 +35:40:40.9 0.893 30.59 222.5 HIP 14615 29.08
2025-12-03 03:10:12.81 +35:31:39.2 0.902 29.73 220.6 HIP 14615 18.17
2025-12-04 03:09:34.85 +35:22:37.0 0.912 28.87 218.6 HIP 14615 11.12
2025-12-05 03:08:59.56 +35:13:35.3 0.922 28.03 216.6 HIP 14615 14.21
2025-12-06 03:08:26.93 +35:04:34.7 0.933 27.19 214.4 HIP 14480 19.54
2025-12-07 03:07:56.94 +34:55:36.1 0.943 27.19 214.4 HIP 14480 17.74