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C/2012 KA51 (Palomar)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/2012 KA51 (Palomar)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2011-11-01T16:13:44.751360Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2025-06-30T18:47:29Z
Obs used 22
NEO -
M1 6.700
K1 12.500
PC -
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2012-06-14.0000000
e 0.99413814
q (au) 4.895431
a (au) 835.133470
i (deg) 70.704971
Ω (om, deg) 344.852762
ω (w, deg) 94.179559
M (ma, deg) 0.009202

Ephemeris

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-02-03 00:00 10:55:49.87 -41:26:20.2 HIP 53451 14.55
2026-02-03 12:00 10:55:45.24 -41:26:35.5 HIP 53451 14.97
2026-02-04 00:00 10:55:40.59 -41:26:50.3 HIP 53451 15.43
2026-02-04 12:00 10:55:35.91 -41:27:04.7 HIP 53451 15.93
2026-02-05 00:00 10:55:31.21 -41:27:18.7 HIP 53451 16.45
2026-02-05 12:00 10:55:26.49 -41:27:32.2 HIP 53451 17.00
2026-02-06 00:00 10:55:21.75 -41:27:45.3 HIP 53451 17.58
2026-02-06 12:00 10:55:16.99 -41:27:58.0 HIP 53451 18.18
2026-02-07 00:00 10:55:12.20 -41:28:10.2 HIP 53451 18.80
2026-02-07 12:00 10:55:07.40 -41:28:21.9 HIP 53451 19.44
2026-02-08 00:00 10:55:02.57 -41:28:33.2 HIP 53451 20.10
2026-02-08 12:00 10:54:57.73 -41:28:44.1 HIP 53451 20.77
2026-02-09 00:00 10:54:52.86 -41:28:54.5 HIP 53451 21.46
2026-02-09 12:00 10:54:47.98 -41:29:04.5 HIP 53451 22.17
2026-02-10 00:00 10:54:43.08 -41:29:14.0 HIP 53451 22.88
2026-02-10 12:00 10:54:38.16 -41:29:23.0 HIP 53451 23.61
2026-02-11 00:00 10:54:33.22 -41:29:31.7 HIP 53194 23.23
2026-02-11 12:00 10:54:28.27 -41:29:39.8 HIP 53194 22.38
2026-02-12 00:00 10:54:23.29 -41:29:47.5 HIP 53194 21.54
2026-02-12 12:00 10:54:18.31 -41:29:54.8 HIP 53194 20.71
2026-02-13 00:00 10:54:13.30 -41:30:01.6 HIP 53194 19.89
2026-02-13 12:00 10:54:08.28 -41:30:08.0 HIP 53194 19.09
2026-02-14 00:00 10:54:03.25 -41:30:13.9 HIP 53194 18.30
2026-02-14 12:00 10:53:58.20 -41:30:19.3 HIP 53194 17.54
2026-02-15 00:00 10:53:53.14 -41:30:24.3 HIP 53194 16.79
2026-02-15 12:00 10:53:48.06 -41:30:28.9 HIP 53194 16.07
2026-02-16 00:00 10:53:42.97 -41:30:33.0 HIP 53194 15.38
2026-02-16 12:00 10:53:37.87 -41:30:36.6 HIP 53194 14.72
2026-02-17 00:00 10:53:32.75 -41:30:39.8 HIP 53194 14.10
2026-02-17 12:00 10:53:27.62 -41:30:42.5 HIP 53194 13.53
2026-02-18 00:00 10:53:22.48 -41:30:44.8 HIP 53194 13.00
2026-02-18 12:00 10:53:17.33 -41:30:46.6 HIP 53194 12.54
2026-02-19 00:00 10:53:12.17 -41:30:48.0 HIP 53194 12.14
2026-02-19 12:00 10:53:07.00 -41:30:48.9 HIP 53194 11.81
2026-02-20 00:00 10:53:01.82 -41:30:49.4 HIP 53194 11.56
2026-02-20 12:00 10:52:56.63 -41:30:49.4 HIP 53194 11.40
2026-02-21 00:00 10:52:51.43 -41:30:49.0 HIP 53194 11.32
2026-02-21 12:00 10:52:46.23 -41:30:48.1 HIP 53194 11.34
2026-02-22 00:00 10:52:41.02 -41:30:46.8 HIP 53194 11.44
2026-02-22 12:00 10:52:35.79 -41:30:45.0 HIP 53194 11.64
2026-02-23 00:00 10:52:30.57 -41:30:42.8 HIP 53194 11.92
2026-02-23 12:00 10:52:25.33 -41:30:40.2 HIP 53194 12.27
2026-02-24 00:00 10:52:20.09 -41:30:37.0 HIP 53194 12.70