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6P/d'Arrest

Basic Information of 6P/d’Arrest

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.356936
Eccentricity 0.612051
Inclination (deg) 19.501700
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 138.951800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 178.038100
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 6.541496

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2028-04-01T08:06:08.640
Period (years) 6.541496

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 11:02:31.91 +10:58:42.1 5.476 14.37 94.8 HIP 53872 21.63
2025-11-22 11:02:55.25 +10:58:13.1 5.458 14.03 94.2 HIP 53872 26.46
2025-11-23 11:03:18.05 +10:57:48.2 5.439 13.68 93.6 HIP 54186 31.17
2025-11-24 11:03:40.29 +10:57:27.6 5.421 13.33 92.9 HIP 54186 26.99
2025-11-25 11:04:01.98 +10:57:11.4 5.403 12.97 92.2 HIP 54186 23.37
2025-11-26 11:04:23.11 +10:56:59.5 5.385 12.62 91.4 HIP 54186 20.51
2025-11-27 11:04:43.66 +10:56:52.0 5.367 12.26 90.6 HIP 54186 18.66
2025-11-28 11:05:03.64 +10:56:49.0 5.348 11.90 89.7 HIP 54186 17.99
2025-11-29 11:05:23.03 +10:56:50.4 5.330 11.54 88.7 HIP 54186 18.52
2025-11-30 11:05:41.83 +10:56:56.5 5.311 11.18 87.7 HIP 54186 20.07
2025-12-01 11:06:00.03 +10:57:07.1 5.293 10.81 86.6 HIP 54351 17.70
2025-12-02 11:06:17.63 +10:57:22.4 5.275 10.45 85.4 HIP 54351 13.48
2025-12-03 11:06:34.61 +10:57:42.3 5.256 10.09 84.2 HIP 54351 9.52
2025-12-04 11:06:50.97 +10:58:06.9 5.238 9.73 82.8 HIP 54351 6.04
2025-12-05 11:07:06.71 +10:58:36.4 5.219 9.38 81.2 HIP 54351 3.99
2025-12-06 11:07:21.81 +10:59:10.6 5.201 9.02 79.6 HIP 54351 5.05
2025-12-07 11:07:36.28 +10:59:49.6 5.182 9.02 79.6 HIP 54351 7.89