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36P/Whipple

Basic Information of 36P/Whipple

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.032148
Eccentricity 0.267924
Inclination (deg) 9.944600
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 181.818000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 201.205300
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 8.429297

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-11-05T06:39:01.440
Period (years) 8.429297

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 15:43:02.66 -12:47:26.8 5.936 35.03 101.2 HIP 76982 15.99
2025-11-22 15:43:59.06 -12:50:09.8 5.934 35.04 101.1 HIP 76982 18.02
2025-11-23 15:44:55.50 -12:52:50.9 5.932 35.04 100.9 HIP 76982 28.07
2025-11-24 15:45:51.98 -12:55:29.9 5.929 35.04 100.8 HIP 77392 33.01
2025-11-25 15:46:48.49 -12:58:07.0 5.926 35.04 100.7 HIP 77392 23.05
2025-11-26 15:47:45.04 -13:00:42.0 5.923 35.03 100.5 HIP 77392 19.09
2025-11-27 15:48:41.60 -13:03:15.0 5.920 35.02 100.4 HIP 77392 24.28
2025-11-28 15:49:38.19 -13:05:45.8 5.916 35.00 100.2 HIP 77609 23.35
2025-11-29 15:50:34.78 -13:08:14.6 5.913 34.98 100.1 HIP 77609 15.51
2025-11-30 15:51:31.38 -13:10:41.3 5.909 34.96 99.9 HIP 77609 18.13
2025-12-01 15:52:27.97 -13:13:05.8 5.905 34.94 99.8 HIP 77812 22.75
2025-12-02 15:53:24.56 -13:15:28.1 5.900 34.91 99.7 HIP 77812 16.52
2025-12-03 15:54:21.14 -13:17:48.2 5.896 34.88 99.5 HIP 77812 20.48
2025-12-04 15:55:17.70 -13:20:06.2 5.891 34.84 99.4 HIP 77904 23.16
2025-12-05 15:56:14.24 -13:22:21.9 5.886 34.81 99.2 HIP 78096 14.35
2025-12-06 15:57:10.76 -13:24:35.5 5.881 34.77 99.1 HIP 78096 11.70
2025-12-07 15:58:07.24 -13:26:46.7 5.875 34.77 99.1 HIP 78228 4.73