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446P/McNaught

Basic Information of 446P/McNaught

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.609294
Eccentricity 0.646915
Inclination (deg) 16.641900
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 336.307500
Argument of perihelion (deg) 344.604000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.730478

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2032-02-19T07:41:55.436
Period (years) 9.730478

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 09:20:54.52 +24:37:35.3 6.775 2.18 346.5 HIP 45756 19.42
2025-11-22 09:20:53.63 +24:38:26.2 6.761 2.40 338.7 HIP 45756 19.83
2025-11-23 09:20:52.09 +24:39:19.9 6.746 2.65 332.2 HIP 45756 20.20
2025-11-24 09:20:49.92 +24:40:16.2 6.732 2.93 326.9 HIP 45756 20.54
2025-11-25 09:20:47.10 +24:41:15.1 6.718 3.23 322.5 HIP 45756 20.87
2025-11-26 09:20:43.64 +24:42:16.5 6.704 3.54 318.9 HIP 45756 21.21
2025-11-27 09:20:39.54 +24:43:20.5 6.690 3.87 315.8 HIP 45756 21.58
2025-11-28 09:20:34.79 +24:44:27.1 6.676 4.20 313.2 HIP 45756 22.01
2025-11-29 09:20:29.39 +24:45:36.1 6.662 4.54 311.0 HIP 45756 22.51
2025-11-30 09:20:23.36 +24:46:47.6 6.648 4.88 309.1 HIP 45756 23.11
2025-12-01 09:20:16.67 +24:48:01.4 6.635 5.23 307.4 HIP 45756 23.84
2025-12-02 09:20:09.35 +24:49:17.7 6.621 5.58 305.9 HIP 45739 23.42
2025-12-03 09:20:01.38 +24:50:36.2 6.608 5.93 304.6 HIP 45739 21.55
2025-12-04 09:19:52.77 +24:51:57.1 6.595 6.29 303.4 HIP 45739 19.69
2025-12-05 09:19:43.52 +24:53:20.2 6.582 6.64 302.4 HIP 45739 17.88
2025-12-06 09:19:33.63 +24:54:45.5 6.569 6.99 301.4 HIP 45739 16.22
2025-12-07 09:19:23.10 +24:56:13.0 6.556 6.99 301.4 HIP 45739 14.82