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C/1942 C2 (Oterma)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/1942 C2 (Oterma)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 1942-09-27T09:32:45.366720Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:29:07Z
Obs used 35
NEO -
M1 -
K1 -
PC -
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 1942-05-24.0000000
e 1.00118201
q (au) 4.113405
a (au) -3480.011262
i (deg) 172.514320
Ω (om, deg) 281.039708
ω (w, deg) 163.638000
M (ma, deg) -0.000607

Ephemeris

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-02-03 00:00 21:38:15.08 -19:07:22.4 HIP 106768 10.96
2026-02-03 12:00 21:38:16.18 -19:07:16.8 HIP 106768 11.23
2026-02-04 00:00 21:38:17.29 -19:07:11.2 HIP 106768 11.49
2026-02-04 12:00 21:38:18.39 -19:07:05.6 HIP 106768 11.76
2026-02-05 00:00 21:38:19.50 -19:07:00.1 HIP 106768 12.03
2026-02-05 12:00 21:38:20.60 -19:06:54.5 HIP 106768 12.29
2026-02-06 00:00 21:38:21.71 -19:06:48.9 HIP 106768 12.56
2026-02-06 12:00 21:38:22.82 -19:06:43.4 HIP 106768 12.83
2026-02-07 00:00 21:38:23.93 -19:06:37.8 HIP 106768 13.10
2026-02-07 12:00 21:38:25.04 -19:06:32.3 HIP 106768 13.37
2026-02-08 00:00 21:38:26.15 -19:06:26.7 HIP 106768 13.64
2026-02-08 12:00 21:38:27.26 -19:06:21.2 HIP 106768 13.91
2026-02-09 00:00 21:38:28.37 -19:06:15.7 HIP 106768 14.18
2026-02-09 12:00 21:38:29.48 -19:06:10.2 HIP 106768 14.45
2026-02-10 00:00 21:38:30.60 -19:06:04.7 HIP 106768 14.72
2026-02-10 12:00 21:38:31.71 -19:05:59.2 HIP 106768 15.00
2026-02-11 00:00 21:38:32.82 -19:05:53.8 HIP 106768 15.27
2026-02-11 12:00 21:38:33.94 -19:05:48.3 HIP 106768 15.54
2026-02-12 00:00 21:38:35.05 -19:05:42.9 HIP 106768 15.81
2026-02-12 12:00 21:38:36.16 -19:05:37.4 HIP 106768 16.08
2026-02-13 00:00 21:38:37.28 -19:05:32.0 HIP 106768 16.36
2026-02-13 12:00 21:38:38.39 -19:05:26.6 HIP 106768 16.63
2026-02-14 00:00 21:38:39.50 -19:05:21.2 HIP 106768 16.90
2026-02-14 12:00 21:38:40.61 -19:05:15.9 HIP 106768 17.17
2026-02-15 00:00 21:38:41.72 -19:05:10.5 HIP 106768 17.44
2026-02-15 12:00 21:38:42.83 -19:05:05.2 HIP 106768 17.72
2026-02-16 00:00 21:38:43.94 -19:04:59.8 HIP 106768 17.99
2026-02-16 12:00 21:38:45.05 -19:04:54.5 HIP 106768 18.26
2026-02-17 00:00 21:38:46.16 -19:04:49.2 HIP 106768 18.53
2026-02-17 12:00 21:38:47.27 -19:04:43.9 HIP 106768 18.80
2026-02-18 00:00 21:38:48.37 -19:04:38.7 HIP 106768 19.07
2026-02-18 12:00 21:38:49.48 -19:04:33.4 HIP 106768 19.34
2026-02-19 00:00 21:38:50.58 -19:04:28.2 HIP 106768 19.61
2026-02-19 12:00 21:38:51.68 -19:04:23.0 HIP 106768 19.88
2026-02-20 00:00 21:38:52.79 -19:04:17.8 HIP 106768 20.15
2026-02-20 12:00 21:38:53.88 -19:04:12.7 HIP 106768 20.42
2026-02-21 00:00 21:38:54.98 -19:04:07.5 HIP 106768 20.69
2026-02-21 12:00 21:38:56.08 -19:04:02.4 HIP 106768 20.96
2026-02-22 00:00 21:38:57.17 -19:03:57.3 HIP 106768 21.23
2026-02-22 12:00 21:38:58.26 -19:03:52.2 HIP 106768 21.50
2026-02-23 00:00 21:38:59.35 -19:03:47.2 HIP 106768 21.76
2026-02-23 12:00 21:39:00.44 -19:03:42.1 HIP 106768 22.03
2026-02-24 00:00 21:39:01.53 -19:03:37.1 HIP 106768 22.30