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422P/Christensen

Basic Information of 422P/Christensen

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.101971
Eccentricity 0.505455
Inclination (deg) 39.580000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 36.009200
Argument of perihelion (deg) 304.737600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 15.708976

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-01-10T03:36:34.560
Period (years) 15.708976

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 09:55:30.47 +57:23:20.4 7.283 12.62 16.7 HIP 48802 14.00
2025-11-22 09:55:41.25 +57:28:10.5 7.274 12.63 15.2 HIP 48802 12.80
2025-11-23 09:55:51.09 +57:33:03.0 7.265 12.64 13.6 HIP 48802 13.64
2025-11-24 09:56:00.00 +57:37:57.8 7.257 12.66 12.1 HIP 48802 16.22
2025-11-25 09:56:07.95 +57:42:54.8 7.248 12.68 10.6 HIP 48788 14.23
2025-11-26 09:56:14.94 +57:47:54.0 7.239 12.71 9.1 HIP 48788 9.67
2025-11-27 09:56:20.98 +57:52:55.2 7.231 12.74 7.6 HIP 48788 6.09
2025-11-28 09:56:26.04 +57:57:58.2 7.223 12.77 6.1 HIP 48788 5.82
2025-11-29 09:56:30.12 +58:03:03.0 7.215 12.81 4.6 HIP 48788 9.18
2025-11-30 09:56:33.21 +58:08:09.4 7.206 12.85 3.1 HIP 48788 13.74
2025-12-01 09:56:35.32 +58:13:17.4 7.198 12.90 1.6 HIP 48788 18.64
2025-12-02 09:56:36.43 +58:18:26.8 7.191 12.94 0.1 HIP 48788 23.69
2025-12-03 09:56:36.53 +58:23:37.4 7.183 13.00 358.7 HIP 48788 28.81
2025-12-04 09:56:35.62 +58:28:49.2 7.175 13.05 357.2 HIP 48945 25.78
2025-12-05 09:56:33.70 +58:34:02.1 7.168 13.11 355.8 HIP 48945 22.98
2025-12-06 09:56:30.75 +58:39:15.8 7.161 13.17 354.4 HIP 48945 21.23
2025-12-07 09:56:26.78 +58:44:30.4 7.154 13.17 354.4 HIP 48905 20.75