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442P/McNaught

Basic Information of 442P/McNaught

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.314081
Eccentricity 0.532659
Inclination (deg) 6.058100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 31.905700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 310.613800
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 11.018361

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2022-08-17T06:45:38.880
Period (years) 11.018361

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 09:47:01.66 +19:50:09.3 6.469 3.68 72.9 HIP 48021 26.04
2025-11-22 09:47:07.63 +19:50:35.3 6.455 3.37 68.9 HIP 48021 26.26
2025-11-23 09:47:12.99 +19:51:04.4 6.441 3.09 64.1 HIP 48021 26.63
2025-11-24 09:47:17.72 +19:51:36.8 6.427 2.83 58.4 HIP 48021 27.11
2025-11-25 09:47:21.83 +19:52:12.4 6.413 2.60 51.7 HIP 48021 27.69
2025-11-26 09:47:25.30 +19:52:51.1 6.399 2.42 43.7 HIP 48021 28.36
2025-11-27 09:47:28.15 +19:53:33.1 6.385 2.29 34.7 HIP 48021 29.09
2025-11-28 09:47:30.36 +19:54:18.2 6.371 2.22 24.7 HIP 48021 29.88
2025-11-29 09:47:31.94 +19:55:06.5 6.357 2.21 14.5 HIP 48021 30.71
2025-11-30 09:47:32.88 +19:55:58.0 6.344 2.28 4.5 HIP 48021 31.58
2025-12-01 09:47:33.19 +19:56:52.5 6.330 2.41 355.3 HIP 48021 32.49
2025-12-02 09:47:32.85 +19:57:50.2 6.316 2.60 347.3 HIP 48021 33.44
2025-12-03 09:47:31.88 +19:58:51.0 6.303 2.82 340.4 HIP 48021 34.44
2025-12-04 09:47:30.27 +19:59:54.9 6.289 3.09 334.6 HIP 47946 34.54
2025-12-05 09:47:28.02 +20:01:01.8 6.276 3.37 329.7 HIP 47946 33.31
2025-12-06 09:47:25.12 +20:02:11.8 6.263 3.68 325.7 HIP 47946 31.96
2025-12-07 09:47:21.58 +20:03:24.7 6.250 3.68 325.7 HIP 47946 30.49