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408P/Novichonok-Gerke

Basic Information of 408P/Novichonok-Gerke

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.473560
Eccentricity 0.268221
Inclination (deg) 19.348700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 189.452000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 226.729700
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 10.341709

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-10-06T00:27:47.520
Period (years) 10.341709

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 13:04:09.01 -06:31:21.7 6.130 26.74 105.6 HIP 63766 8.41
2025-11-22 13:04:50.47 -06:34:14.7 6.120 26.54 105.6 HIP 63766 10.99
2025-11-23 13:05:31.65 -06:37:05.3 6.111 26.33 105.5 HIP 63766 19.92
2025-11-24 13:06:12.53 -06:39:53.6 6.101 26.12 105.3 HIP 63871 28.89
2025-11-25 13:06:53.12 -06:42:39.5 6.091 25.91 105.2 HIP 63895 32.27
2025-11-26 13:07:33.39 -06:45:22.8 6.081 25.69 105.1 HIP 64144 25.40
2025-11-27 13:08:13.35 -06:48:03.7 6.071 25.47 105.0 HIP 64144 17.25
2025-11-28 13:08:53.00 -06:50:42.0 6.060 25.25 104.9 HIP 64144 12.71
2025-11-29 13:09:32.32 -06:53:17.8 6.050 25.02 104.8 HIP 64144 15.23
2025-11-30 13:10:11.30 -06:55:50.9 6.039 24.78 104.7 HIP 64144 22.44
2025-12-01 13:10:49.95 -06:58:21.4 6.028 24.55 104.5 HIP 64383 14.41
2025-12-02 13:11:28.26 -07:00:49.1 6.017 24.31 104.4 HIP 64383 4.68
2025-12-03 13:12:06.22 -07:03:14.2 6.006 24.07 104.3 HIP 64383 5.30
2025-12-04 13:12:43.83 -07:05:36.4 5.994 23.82 104.1 HIP 64383 14.85
2025-12-05 13:13:21.08 -07:07:55.9 5.983 23.57 104.0 HIP 64547 14.28
2025-12-06 13:13:57.96 -07:10:12.5 5.971 23.32 103.8 HIP 64547 15.21
2025-12-07 13:14:34.47 -07:12:26.3 5.959 23.32 103.8 HIP 64547 20.81