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76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura

Basic Information of 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.596814
Eccentricity 0.539410
Inclination (deg) 30.498300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 84.109000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 0.023300
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 6.455201

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2026-04-13T15:20:00.960
Period (years) 6.455201

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 00:13:07.53 -40:27:37.2 1.649 48.28 359.0 HIP 1085 7.56
2025-11-22 00:13:05.68 -40:08:18.8 1.652 48.99 0.2 HIP 1085 14.04
2025-11-23 00:13:06.11 -39:48:43.1 1.654 49.70 1.5 HIP 1173 17.88
2025-11-24 00:13:08.78 -39:28:50.7 1.657 50.42 2.7 HIP 948 22.68
2025-11-25 00:13:13.69 -39:08:42.1 1.660 51.14 3.9 HIP 948 18.65
2025-11-26 00:13:20.82 -38:48:17.6 1.663 51.86 5.0 HIP 875 30.29
2025-11-27 00:13:30.13 -38:27:37.8 1.666 52.59 6.2 HIP 875 37.05
2025-11-28 00:13:41.60 -38:06:43.0 1.669 53.31 7.2 HIP 1066 18.19
2025-11-29 00:13:55.21 -37:45:33.7 1.672 54.04 8.3 HIP 1066 9.02
2025-11-30 00:14:10.93 -37:24:10.2 1.675 54.77 9.3 HIP 1186 14.51
2025-12-01 00:14:28.73 -37:02:33.1 1.678 55.50 10.3 HIP 1083 17.53
2025-12-02 00:14:48.58 -36:40:42.6 1.681 56.23 11.3 HIP 1083 18.25
2025-12-03 00:15:10.45 -36:18:39.1 1.684 56.96 12.2 HIP 1198 9.27
2025-12-04 00:15:34.30 -35:56:23.0 1.687 57.69 13.1 HIP 1198 14.95
2025-12-05 00:16:00.11 -35:33:54.7 1.691 58.42 14.0 HIP 1254 25.12
2025-12-06 00:16:27.85 -35:11:14.3 1.694 59.15 14.9 HIP 1254 9.31
2025-12-07 00:16:57.49 -34:48:22.3 1.697 59.15 14.9 HIP 1305 7.12