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499P/Catalina

Basic Information of 499P/Catalina

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.931091
Eccentricity 0.691495
Inclination (deg) 24.583300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 139.304600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 2.566600
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 5.243181

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-03-04T09:39:01.440
Period (years) 5.243181

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 17:50:31.23 -10:06:11.3 3.771 53.79 99.2 HIP 87436 23.32
2025-11-22 17:51:57.56 -10:09:36.4 3.784 53.70 98.9 HIP 87436 10.95
2025-11-23 17:53:23.80 -10:12:55.5 3.798 53.60 98.7 HIP 87552 9.85
2025-11-24 17:54:49.96 -10:16:08.7 3.811 53.50 98.4 HIP 87829 24.35
2025-11-25 17:56:16.03 -10:19:16.0 3.825 53.40 98.2 HIP 87829 8.37
2025-11-26 17:57:42.01 -10:22:17.3 3.838 53.30 97.9 HIP 87829 21.46
2025-11-27 17:59:07.88 -10:25:12.8 3.851 53.19 97.7 HIP 88048 38.84
2025-11-28 18:00:33.66 -10:28:02.5 3.864 53.09 97.4 HIP 88335 34.53
2025-11-29 18:01:59.32 -10:30:46.5 3.877 52.98 97.2 HIP 88335 24.78
2025-11-30 18:03:24.87 -10:33:24.8 3.889 52.87 96.9 HIP 88502 25.23
2025-12-01 18:04:50.30 -10:35:57.3 3.902 52.76 96.7 HIP 88502 20.06
2025-12-02 18:06:15.61 -10:38:24.3 3.914 52.65 96.5 HIP 88608 25.26
2025-12-03 18:07:40.79 -10:40:45.7 3.926 52.54 96.2 HIP 88850 11.86
2025-12-04 18:09:05.85 -10:43:01.6 3.938 52.43 96.0 HIP 88963 9.23
2025-12-05 18:10:30.77 -10:45:12.0 3.950 52.32 95.7 HIP 88963 14.71
2025-12-06 18:11:55.56 -10:47:17.0 3.962 52.21 95.5 HIP 89218 7.91
2025-12-07 18:13:20.21 -10:49:16.6 3.973 52.21 95.5 HIP 89218 14.67