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55P/Tempel-Tuttle

Basic Information of 55P/Tempel-Tuttle

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 0.978931
Eccentricity 0.905282
Inclination (deg) 162.498200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 235.412900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 172.528500
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 33.226098

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2031-05-24T12:49:32.160
Period (years) 33.226098

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 14:58:08.93 -13:48:21.3 14.312 9.20 103.8 HIP 73196 10.46
2025-11-22 14:58:23.66 -13:49:14.0 14.305 9.17 103.7 HIP 73196 13.94
2025-11-23 14:58:38.34 -13:50:06.1 14.297 9.14 103.6 HIP 73196 17.50
2025-11-24 14:58:52.98 -13:50:57.7 14.289 9.10 103.5 HIP 73196 21.07
2025-11-25 14:59:07.56 -13:51:48.8 14.280 9.06 103.4 HIP 73196 24.66
2025-11-26 14:59:22.08 -13:52:39.3 14.271 9.02 103.3 HIP 73196 28.24
2025-11-27 14:59:36.54 -13:53:29.2 14.262 8.97 103.3 HIP 73196 31.82
2025-11-28 14:59:50.93 -13:54:18.6 14.253 8.92 103.2 HIP 73196 35.38
2025-11-29 15:00:05.25 -13:55:07.3 14.243 8.87 103.1 HIP 73196 38.93
2025-11-30 15:00:19.50 -13:55:55.4 14.233 8.82 103.0 HIP 73516 40.21
2025-12-01 15:00:33.66 -13:56:42.9 14.223 8.76 102.9 HIP 73516 39.53
2025-12-02 15:00:47.75 -13:57:29.7 14.213 8.70 102.8 HIP 73516 39.16
2025-12-03 15:01:01.74 -13:58:15.9 14.202 8.64 102.7 HIP 73516 39.09
2025-12-04 15:01:15.65 -13:59:01.4 14.191 8.58 102.6 HIP 73516 39.32
2025-12-05 15:01:29.46 -13:59:46.1 14.180 8.51 102.5 HIP 73516 39.84
2025-12-06 15:01:43.17 -14:00:30.2 14.169 8.45 102.4 HIP 73516 40.64
2025-12-07 15:01:56.77 -14:01:13.5 14.157 8.45 102.4 HIP 73516 41.68