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488P/NEAT-PANSTARRS

Basic Information of 488P/NEAT-PANSTARRS

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.682362
Eccentricity 0.551640
Inclination (deg) 11.431500
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 323.615300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 2.277600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 7.268401

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2024-05-20T06:00:43.200
Period (years) 7.268401

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 07:44:40.95 +30:29:25.4 3.640 12.09 291.1 HIP 37545 36.17
2025-11-22 07:44:20.00 +30:31:09.5 3.632 12.69 290.2 HIP 37545 33.50
2025-11-23 07:43:57.88 +30:32:54.7 3.623 13.29 289.5 HIP 37545 31.20
2025-11-24 07:43:34.60 +30:34:40.9 3.615 13.88 288.8 HIP 37456 29.31
2025-11-25 07:43:10.15 +30:36:27.9 3.607 14.47 288.1 HIP 37456 24.22
2025-11-26 07:42:44.57 +30:38:15.6 3.600 15.06 287.5 HIP 37456 19.15
2025-11-27 07:42:17.85 +30:40:03.9 3.592 15.64 286.9 HIP 37456 14.43
2025-11-28 07:41:50.01 +30:41:52.6 3.585 16.21 286.3 HIP 37456 10.90
2025-11-29 07:41:21.06 +30:43:41.7 3.578 16.77 285.8 HIP 37456 10.38
2025-11-30 07:40:51.01 +30:45:31.0 3.571 17.32 285.3 HIP 37456 13.56
2025-12-01 07:40:19.89 +30:47:20.3 3.564 17.87 284.8 HIP 37456 18.86
2025-12-02 07:39:47.70 +30:49:09.5 3.557 18.41 284.3 HIP 37176 20.38
2025-12-03 07:39:14.46 +30:50:58.5 3.551 18.93 283.9 HIP 37176 15.01
2025-12-04 07:38:40.20 +30:52:47.2 3.545 19.45 283.4 HIP 37176 11.90
2025-12-05 07:38:04.92 +30:54:35.4 3.539 19.96 283.0 HIP 37176 13.20
2025-12-06 07:37:28.64 +30:56:22.9 3.534 20.46 282.6 HIP 37014 16.69
2025-12-07 07:36:51.38 +30:58:09.7 3.528 20.46 282.6 HIP 37014 9.90