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56P/Slaughter-Burnham

Basic Information of 56P/Slaughter-Burnham

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.489802
Eccentricity 0.508220
Inclination (deg) 8.155000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 345.874800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 44.235200
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 11.391763

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2027-12-19T14:33:38.880
Period (years) 11.391763

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 17:20:42.07 -30:00:46.0 6.164 30.99 91.5 HIP 84999 24.95
2025-11-22 17:21:39.31 -30:01:04.4 6.166 31.12 91.5 HIP 84999 14.84
2025-11-23 17:22:36.80 -30:01:22.7 6.168 31.25 91.4 HIP 84999 11.18
2025-11-24 17:23:34.54 -30:01:40.8 6.170 31.38 91.4 HIP 85132 13.11
2025-11-25 17:24:32.52 -30:01:58.6 6.172 31.50 91.4 HIP 85171 10.14
2025-11-26 17:25:30.72 -30:02:16.2 6.173 31.62 91.4 HIP 85171 18.37
2025-11-27 17:26:29.15 -30:02:33.4 6.174 31.74 91.3 HIP 85413 11.41
2025-11-28 17:27:27.79 -30:02:50.4 6.175 31.85 91.3 HIP 85413 7.00
2025-11-29 17:28:26.65 -30:03:07.0 6.176 31.96 91.3 HIP 85413 17.08
2025-11-30 17:29:25.71 -30:03:23.3 6.176 32.06 91.2 HIP 85770 28.08
2025-12-01 17:30:24.96 -30:03:39.2 6.177 32.16 91.2 HIP 85770 15.77
2025-12-02 17:31:24.41 -30:03:54.7 6.177 32.26 91.2 HIP 85770 6.17
2025-12-03 17:32:24.05 -30:04:09.9 6.177 32.36 91.1 HIP 85770 12.63
2025-12-04 17:33:23.86 -30:04:24.6 6.176 32.45 91.1 HIP 85770 24.82
2025-12-05 17:34:23.85 -30:04:38.9 6.176 32.54 91.1 HIP 85881 30.97
2025-12-06 17:35:24.00 -30:04:52.7 6.175 32.63 91.0 HIP 86138 26.23
2025-12-07 17:36:24.33 -30:05:06.0 6.174 32.63 91.0 HIP 86138 24.50