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498P/LINEAR

Basic Information of 498P/LINEAR

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.964551
Eccentricity 0.572271
Inclination (deg) 14.482700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 279.229900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 179.090500
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 9.843327

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2024-12-18T22:01:20.640
Period (years) 9.843327

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 13:21:39.65 -21:06:23.5 4.184 46.45 116.3 HIP 65101 21.07
2025-11-22 13:22:51.11 -21:14:37.4 4.181 46.18 116.4 HIP 65286 10.23
2025-11-23 13:24:02.19 -21:22:49.3 4.179 45.92 116.4 HIP 65286 16.97
2025-11-24 13:25:12.90 -21:30:59.1 4.176 45.64 116.5 HIP 65636 31.83
2025-11-25 13:26:23.21 -21:39:06.9 4.173 45.36 116.6 HIP 65636 14.37
2025-11-26 13:27:33.14 -21:47:12.7 4.170 45.08 116.6 HIP 65636 8.11
2025-11-27 13:28:42.66 -21:55:16.3 4.167 44.80 116.7 HIP 65705 12.73
2025-11-28 13:29:51.78 -22:03:17.8 4.164 44.51 116.7 HIP 65741 28.81
2025-11-29 13:31:00.48 -22:11:17.3 4.161 44.22 116.8 HIP 65741 36.99
2025-11-30 13:32:08.77 -22:19:14.5 4.157 43.93 116.8 HIP 66014 34.41
2025-12-01 13:33:16.63 -22:27:09.6 4.153 43.63 116.9 HIP 66313 31.30
2025-12-02 13:34:24.06 -22:35:02.5 4.149 43.33 117.0 HIP 66313 14.24
2025-12-03 13:35:31.05 -22:42:53.3 4.145 43.03 117.0 HIP 66313 5.92
2025-12-04 13:36:37.60 -22:50:41.8 4.141 42.73 117.1 HIP 66481 16.64
2025-12-05 13:37:43.70 -22:58:28.1 4.137 42.42 117.2 HIP 66481 12.61
2025-12-06 13:38:49.35 -23:06:12.2 4.132 42.11 117.2 HIP 66503 13.94
2025-12-07 13:39:54.53 -23:13:54.1 4.128 42.11 117.2 HIP 66800 25.69