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43P/Wolf-Harrington

Basic Information of 43P/Wolf-Harrington

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.442782
Eccentricity 0.436007
Inclination (deg) 9.330000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 243.979900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 223.787800
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, COBS 1 year
Period (years) 9.013978

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-08-04T13:59:31.200
Period (years) 9.013978

Finding Chart

Sky Tracks

43P/Wolf-Harrington · 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 10:41:39.42 -01:18:36.8 2.616 49.02 121.6 HIP 52429 23.87
2025-11-22 10:42:46.24 -01:28:53.3 2.606 48.49 121.8 HIP 52429 4.95
2025-11-23 10:43:52.21 -01:39:06.8 2.595 47.96 122.0 HIP 52429 15.56
2025-11-24 10:44:57.30 -01:49:17.0 2.585 47.41 122.2 HIP 52720 27.50
2025-11-25 10:46:01.50 -01:59:24.0 2.575 46.86 122.5 HIP 52720 20.84
2025-11-26 10:47:04.81 -02:09:27.6 2.565 46.30 122.7 HIP 52669 21.69
2025-11-27 10:48:07.22 -02:19:27.6 2.555 45.74 122.9 HIP 52863 23.45
2025-11-28 10:49:08.70 -02:29:24.0 2.545 45.16 123.2 HIP 52863 32.63
2025-11-29 10:50:09.26 -02:39:16.7 2.535 44.58 123.4 HIP 53094 26.01
2025-11-30 10:51:08.88 -02:49:05.6 2.524 43.99 123.6 HIP 53035 16.49
2025-12-01 10:52:07.55 -02:58:50.6 2.514 43.40 123.9 HIP 53207 13.02
2025-12-02 10:53:05.27 -03:08:31.5 2.504 42.79 124.2 HIP 53207 5.84
2025-12-03 10:54:02.01 -03:18:08.2 2.494 42.18 124.4 HIP 53207 22.16
2025-12-04 10:54:57.78 -03:27:40.7 2.483 41.57 124.7 HIP 53369 36.92
2025-12-05 10:55:52.55 -03:37:08.8 2.473 40.94 125.0 HIP 53621 35.80
2025-12-06 10:56:46.32 -03:46:32.5 2.463 40.31 125.3 HIP 53621 27.66
2025-12-07 10:57:39.07 -03:55:51.6 2.453 40.31 125.3 HIP 53621 28.03