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346P/Catalina

Basic Information of 346P/Catalina

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.216041
Eccentricity 0.503864
Inclination (deg) 22.219300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 102.457300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 336.101100
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.439860

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-08-01T07:22:22.080
Period (years) 9.439860

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 23:36:24.35 -30:16:34.2 2.582 22.32 18.0 HIP 116580 18.22
2025-11-22 23:36:37.13 -30:08:04.9 2.590 22.91 19.6 HIP 116580 11.83
2025-11-23 23:36:51.30 -29:59:26.7 2.597 23.51 21.0 HIP 116580 10.19
2025-11-24 23:37:06.85 -29:50:39.8 2.605 24.12 22.4 HIP 116580 15.37
2025-11-25 23:37:23.78 -29:41:44.4 2.613 24.74 23.7 HIP 116580 23.48
2025-11-26 23:37:42.07 -29:32:40.8 2.621 25.35 25.0 HIP 116649 13.99
2025-11-27 23:38:01.71 -29:23:29.0 2.629 25.97 26.1 HIP 116649 4.66
2025-11-28 23:38:22.69 -29:14:09.3 2.637 26.59 27.3 HIP 116649 7.44
2025-11-29 23:38:45.00 -29:04:42.0 2.645 27.21 28.4 HIP 116649 17.67
2025-11-30 23:39:08.62 -28:55:07.1 2.653 27.83 29.4 HIP 116747 14.38
2025-12-01 23:39:33.54 -28:45:24.8 2.661 28.46 30.4 HIP 116747 3.26
2025-12-02 23:39:59.75 -28:35:35.4 2.669 29.07 31.3 HIP 116747 8.15
2025-12-03 23:40:27.24 -28:25:39.0 2.677 29.69 32.2 HIP 116791 5.08
2025-12-04 23:40:55.98 -28:15:35.7 2.685 30.31 33.1 HIP 116791 11.05
2025-12-05 23:41:25.96 -28:05:25.8 2.693 30.93 33.9 HIP 116964 16.15
2025-12-06 23:41:57.17 -27:55:09.3 2.701 31.54 34.7 HIP 116943 17.36
2025-12-07 23:42:29.60 -27:44:46.4 2.709 31.54 34.7 HIP 116943 7.09