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63P/Wild

Basic Information of 63P/Wild

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.974564
Eccentricity 0.650955
Inclination (deg) 19.616000
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 357.765000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 168.735300
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 13.455031

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-07-06T04:00:02.880
Period (years) 13.455031

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 07:10:53.59 +49:26:53.2 2.151 19.55 357.7 HIP 34777 22.94
2025-11-22 07:10:51.65 +49:34:41.9 2.137 19.58 355.2 HIP 34777 16.52
2025-11-23 07:10:47.56 +49:42:30.1 2.123 19.64 352.6 HIP 34687 11.88
2025-11-24 07:10:41.30 +49:50:17.4 2.109 19.72 350.1 HIP 34687 5.19
2025-11-25 07:10:32.86 +49:58:03.5 2.096 19.82 347.6 HIP 34687 6.26
2025-11-26 07:10:22.20 +50:05:48.0 2.082 19.95 345.0 HIP 34687 13.41
2025-11-27 07:10:09.33 +50:13:30.5 2.069 20.09 342.6 HIP 34687 21.23
2025-11-28 07:09:54.22 +50:21:10.5 2.056 20.26 340.1 HIP 34687 29.22
2025-11-29 07:09:36.87 +50:28:47.6 2.043 20.45 337.7 HIP 34687 37.32
2025-11-30 07:09:17.27 +50:36:21.4 2.031 20.66 335.2 HIP 34927 41.71
2025-12-01 07:08:55.41 +50:43:51.5 2.019 20.88 332.9 HIP 34451 38.72
2025-12-02 07:08:31.28 +50:51:17.3 2.006 21.12 330.5 HIP 34451 31.09
2025-12-03 07:08:04.89 +50:58:38.4 1.994 21.37 328.2 HIP 34451 24.07
2025-12-04 07:07:36.23 +51:05:54.4 1.983 21.64 326.0 HIP 34451 18.51
2025-12-05 07:07:05.29 +51:13:04.7 1.971 21.93 323.8 HIP 34451 16.21
2025-12-06 07:06:32.09 +51:20:08.7 1.960 22.22 321.6 HIP 34451 18.58
2025-12-07 07:05:56.63 +51:27:06.1 1.949 22.22 321.6 HIP 34079 20.38