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490P/ATLAS

Basic Information of 490P/ATLAS

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.069923
Eccentricity 0.646964
Inclination (deg) 12.267400
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 307.587700
Argument of perihelion (deg) 332.582400
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 5.275945

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2030-01-07T03:34:48.064
Period (years) 5.275945

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 04:19:30.68 +36:10:31.8 2.823 34.74 258.6 HIP 20094 16.51
2025-11-22 04:18:23.22 +36:07:45.4 2.826 34.84 258.0 HIP 20094 8.31
2025-11-23 04:17:15.74 +36:04:51.1 2.828 34.91 257.5 HIP 20094 15.85
2025-11-24 04:16:08.31 +36:01:48.8 2.831 34.95 257.0 HIP 20094 28.67
2025-11-25 04:15:00.98 +35:58:38.8 2.834 34.97 256.5 HIP 19815 31.48
2025-11-26 04:13:53.80 +35:55:21.2 2.838 34.96 255.9 HIP 19713 27.46
2025-11-27 04:12:46.85 +35:51:56.1 2.841 34.92 255.4 HIP 19539 20.57
2025-11-28 04:11:40.18 +35:48:23.8 2.846 34.86 254.9 HIP 19539 9.93
2025-11-29 04:10:33.84 +35:44:44.5 2.850 34.77 254.4 HIP 19539 12.85
2025-11-30 04:09:27.89 +35:40:58.2 2.855 34.66 253.8 HIP 19435 17.95
2025-12-01 04:08:22.38 +35:37:05.4 2.860 34.52 253.3 HIP 19435 27.08
2025-12-02 04:07:17.37 +35:33:06.1 2.865 34.36 252.8 HIP 19090 30.98
2025-12-03 04:06:12.89 +35:29:00.6 2.871 34.17 252.2 HIP 19090 20.48
2025-12-04 04:05:09.01 +35:24:49.1 2.877 33.96 251.7 HIP 19090 15.93
2025-12-05 04:04:05.77 +35:20:31.9 2.883 33.73 251.1 HIP 18915 11.32
2025-12-06 04:03:03.21 +35:16:09.2 2.890 33.48 250.6 HIP 18915 2.20
2025-12-07 04:02:01.38 +35:11:41.2 2.897 33.48 250.6 HIP 18867 14.80