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40P/Vaisala

Basic Information of 40P/Vaisala

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.823606
Eccentricity 0.631358
Inclination (deg) 11.640900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 128.898400
Argument of perihelion (deg) 52.049900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 11.002447

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-11-11T22:32:00.960
Period (years) 11.002447

Finding Chart

Sky Tracks

40P/Vaisala · Next 30 Days Steps: 3 days · geocentric

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 13:37:01.06 -02:37:33.8 2.542 99.64 106.6 HIP 66369 21.55
2025-11-22 13:39:34.02 -02:48:56.1 2.537 99.50 106.5 HIP 66581 19.75
2025-11-23 13:42:06.89 -03:00:13.2 2.533 99.36 106.4 HIP 66833 6.30
2025-11-24 13:44:39.66 -03:11:25.0 2.528 99.22 106.3 HIP 67099 10.73
2025-11-25 13:47:12.31 -03:22:31.5 2.524 99.06 106.2 HIP 67387 24.34
2025-11-26 13:49:44.85 -03:33:32.4 2.519 98.90 106.0 HIP 67387 16.23
2025-11-27 13:52:17.25 -03:44:27.6 2.514 98.74 105.9 HIP 67785 18.16
2025-11-28 13:54:49.53 -03:55:17.1 2.510 98.57 105.8 HIP 68050 23.56
2025-11-29 13:57:21.66 -04:06:00.6 2.505 98.39 105.7 HIP 68221 19.45
2025-11-30 13:59:53.65 -04:16:38.1 2.501 98.21 105.6 HIP 68221 29.46
2025-12-01 14:02:25.48 -04:27:09.4 2.496 98.02 105.4 HIP 68639 30.88
2025-12-02 14:04:57.15 -04:37:34.5 2.492 97.83 105.3 HIP 68639 34.56
2025-12-03 14:07:28.65 -04:47:53.3 2.487 97.63 105.2 HIP 69052 9.15
2025-12-04 14:09:59.98 -04:58:05.5 2.483 97.43 105.0 HIP 69242 30.39
2025-12-05 14:12:31.13 -05:08:11.2 2.478 97.22 104.9 HIP 69586 33.34
2025-12-06 14:15:02.10 -05:18:10.2 2.474 97.01 104.8 HIP 69586 6.43
2025-12-07 14:17:32.87 -05:28:02.4 2.469 97.01 104.8 HIP 69775 15.14