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338P/McNaught

Basic Information of 338P/McNaught

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.286466
Eccentricity 0.412865
Inclination (deg) 25.382000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 9.682200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 4.633500
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 7.684934

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2024-08-03T05:20:06.720
Period (years) 7.684934

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 10:18:27.01 +37:05:24.9 3.513 15.73 66.8 HIP 50472 25.11
2025-11-22 10:18:56.03 +37:07:53.2 3.503 15.30 65.0 HIP 50472 23.64
2025-11-23 10:19:23.88 +37:10:27.9 3.493 14.87 63.1 HIP 50472 23.57
2025-11-24 10:19:50.54 +37:13:09.2 3.483 14.46 61.1 HIP 50472 24.79
2025-11-25 10:20:15.99 +37:15:56.9 3.473 14.07 58.9 HIP 50472 27.02
2025-11-26 10:20:40.23 +37:18:51.0 3.463 13.69 56.6 HIP 50773 28.87
2025-11-27 10:21:03.25 +37:21:51.5 3.453 13.32 54.2 HIP 50773 29.14
2025-11-28 10:21:25.02 +37:24:58.3 3.443 12.98 51.7 HIP 50773 30.58
2025-11-29 10:21:45.55 +37:28:11.3 3.434 12.66 49.0 HIP 50773 32.97
2025-11-30 10:22:04.83 +37:31:30.5 3.424 12.36 46.2 HIP 50967 32.30
2025-12-01 10:22:22.83 +37:34:55.8 3.414 12.08 43.2 HIP 50967 27.83
2025-12-02 10:22:39.55 +37:38:27.0 3.405 11.84 40.1 HIP 50967 23.79
2025-12-03 10:22:54.98 +37:42:04.3 3.395 11.63 36.9 HIP 50967 20.35
2025-12-04 10:23:09.12 +37:45:47.3 3.386 11.44 33.6 HIP 50967 17.81
2025-12-05 10:23:21.93 +37:49:36.1 3.376 11.30 30.1 HIP 50967 16.52
2025-12-06 10:23:33.43 +37:53:30.6 3.367 11.19 26.6 HIP 50947 16.37
2025-12-07 10:23:43.59 +37:57:30.6 3.358 11.19 26.6 HIP 50947 11.92