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C/2017 AB5 (PANSTARRS)

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation C/2017 AB5 (PANSTARRS)
Type C
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2018-02-17T21:11:27.441600Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2021-04-15T23:33:28Z
Obs used 85
NEO -
M1 6.800
K1 9.000
PC 0.030
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2018-02-01.0000000
e 0.99992777
q (au) 9.216436
a (au) 127602.368426
i (deg) 32.430953
Ω (om, deg) 42.690330
ω (w, deg) 78.395917
M (ma, deg) 360.000000

Ephemeris

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-02-03 00:00 14:17:40.26 -05:59:06.6 HIP 69875 4.26
2026-02-03 12:00 14:17:40.43 -05:59:07.6 HIP 69875 4.22
2026-02-04 00:00 14:17:40.54 -05:59:08.3 HIP 69875 4.20
2026-02-04 12:00 14:17:40.59 -05:59:08.7 HIP 69875 4.19
2026-02-05 00:00 14:17:40.59 -05:59:08.8 HIP 69875 4.19
2026-02-05 12:00 14:17:40.54 -05:59:08.6 HIP 69875 4.20
2026-02-06 00:00 14:17:40.42 -05:59:08.2 HIP 69875 4.23
2026-02-06 12:00 14:17:40.26 -05:59:07.6 HIP 69875 4.27
2026-02-07 00:00 14:17:40.03 -05:59:06.6 HIP 69875 4.32
2026-02-07 12:00 14:17:39.75 -05:59:05.5 HIP 69875 4.38
2026-02-08 00:00 14:17:39.42 -05:59:04.0 HIP 69875 4.46
2026-02-08 12:00 14:17:39.03 -05:59:02.3 HIP 69875 4.55
2026-02-09 00:00 14:17:38.58 -05:59:00.3 HIP 69875 4.65
2026-02-09 12:00 14:17:38.08 -05:58:58.1 HIP 69875 4.77
2026-02-10 00:00 14:17:37.53 -05:58:55.6 HIP 69875 4.90
2026-02-10 12:00 14:17:36.91 -05:58:52.8 HIP 69875 5.05
2026-02-11 00:00 14:17:36.25 -05:58:49.8 HIP 69875 5.21
2026-02-11 12:00 14:17:35.52 -05:58:46.6 HIP 69875 5.38
2026-02-12 00:00 14:17:34.75 -05:58:43.1 HIP 69875 5.57
2026-02-12 12:00 14:17:33.91 -05:58:39.3 HIP 69875 5.77
2026-02-13 00:00 14:17:33.02 -05:58:35.3 HIP 69875 5.99
2026-02-13 12:00 14:17:32.08 -05:58:31.0 HIP 69875 6.22
2026-02-14 00:00 14:17:31.08 -05:58:26.6 HIP 69875 6.47
2026-02-14 12:00 14:17:30.03 -05:58:21.8 HIP 69875 6.73
2026-02-15 00:00 14:17:28.92 -05:58:16.8 HIP 69875 7.00
2026-02-15 12:00 14:17:27.76 -05:58:11.6 HIP 69875 7.29
2026-02-16 00:00 14:17:26.54 -05:58:06.1 HIP 69875 7.59
2026-02-16 12:00 14:17:25.27 -05:58:00.4 HIP 69875 7.91
2026-02-17 00:00 14:17:23.94 -05:57:54.5 HIP 69875 8.25
2026-02-17 12:00 14:17:22.56 -05:57:48.3 HIP 69875 8.60
2026-02-18 00:00 14:17:21.13 -05:57:41.9 HIP 69875 8.96
2026-02-18 12:00 14:17:19.64 -05:57:35.3 HIP 69875 9.33
2026-02-19 00:00 14:17:18.10 -05:57:28.4 HIP 69875 9.73
2026-02-19 12:00 14:17:16.51 -05:57:21.3 HIP 69875 10.13
2026-02-20 00:00 14:17:14.86 -05:57:14.0 HIP 69875 10.55
2026-02-20 12:00 14:17:13.16 -05:57:06.5 HIP 69875 10.98
2026-02-21 00:00 14:17:11.40 -05:56:58.7 HIP 69875 11.43
2026-02-21 12:00 14:17:09.60 -05:56:50.8 HIP 69875 11.89
2026-02-22 00:00 14:17:07.74 -05:56:42.6 HIP 69798 12.36
2026-02-22 12:00 14:17:05.83 -05:56:34.2 HIP 69798 12.21
2026-02-23 00:00 14:17:03.87 -05:56:25.6 HIP 69798 12.07
2026-02-23 12:00 14:17:01.85 -05:56:16.8 HIP 69798 11.95
2026-02-24 00:00 14:16:59.79 -05:56:07.8 HIP 69798 11.86