C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) Orbit by S. Nakano NK 4674 (2022) Observed in 1st half of 2023
Equinox 2000.0 T/TT q (AU) e P Peri. Node Inc. Tail(AU) Epoch 2022 Dec. 19.67970 1.7971006 1.0006948 236.20497 88.23514 87.56431 0.200 2023 Sep. 13.0 m1 = 4.5 + 5 log Delta + 6.0 log r Date/ 0h TT R.A.(1950) Decl. R.A.(2000) Decl. Delta r Daily motion Magnitude Mot./PA Elong. P PA/Tail Moon Age h m ¡ , h m ¡ , m , m1 , ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ 2022 Dec. 27 18 20.86 -63 13.4 18 25.62 -63 11.8 2.440 1.799 +5.00 -21.8 8.0 38.3/130 39.9 20.5 178/1.53 58 .18 2023 Jan. 6 19 10.58 -66 54.6 19 15.62 -66 49.4 2.380 1.811 +6.90 -17.0 7.9 41.8/122 44.3 22.3 177/1.70 140 .99 16 20 19.60 -69 49.3 20 24.61 -69 39.6 2.321 1.831 +8.86 - 6.9 7.9 45.2/109 48.9 23.9 169/1.86 78 .41 26 21 48.96 -71 02.8 21 53.24 -70 48.6 2.271 1.859 +9.40 + 8.0 7.9 48.2/ 92 53.3 25.1 156/1.99 73 .23 Feb. 5 23 24.21 -69 45.1 23 27.22 -69 28.6 2.238 1.896 +7.96 +22.4 7.9 50.4/ 73 57.3 25.9 141/2.08 128 .99 15 00 44.78 -66 00.8 00 46.85 -65 44.4 2.227 1.940 +5.96 +32.0 8.0 51.4/ 59 60.4 26.3 129/2.11 79 .36 25 01 44.81 -60 39.8 01 46.50 -60 24.8 2.243 1.991 +4.41 +36.4 8.0 50.9/ 49 62.5 26.2 123/2.09 75 .27 Mar. 7 02 28.99 -54 33.6 02 30.60 -54 20.4 2.288 2.047 +3.39 +37.3 8.2 49.0/ 44 63.5 25.7 121/2.01 120 1.00 17 03 02.81 -48 18.8 03 04.48 -48 07.2 2.362 2.109 +2.73 +35.8 8.3 46.0/ 41 63.2 24.9 121/1.90 84 .29 27 03 30.03 -42 19.0 03 31.79 -42 08.9 2.461 2.176 +2.30 +33.0 8.5 42.4/ 41 61.8 23.8 123/1.75 69 .30 Apr. 6 03 52.90 -36 47.9 03 54.75 -36 39.1 2.582 2.247 +2.00 +29.5 8.7 38.5/ 41 59.5 22.6 126/1.59 121 1.00 16 04 12.78 -31 51.8 04 14.72 -31 44.3 2.718 2.321 +1.78 +25.8 8.9 34.7/ 43 56.6 21.1 130/1.42 81 .22 26 04 30.53 -27 32.5 04 32.56 -27 26.3 2.863 2.398 +1.62 +22.2 9.1 31.2/ 45 53.1 19.6 135/1.26 66 .32 May 6 04 46.66 -23 49.0 04 48.76 -23 43.8 3.012 2.478 +1.49 +19.0 9.3 28.1/ 48 49.5 18.0 141/1.11 130 1.00 16 05 01.51 -20 38.4 05 03.66 -20 34.2 3.160 2.560 +1.38 +16.0 9.4 25.3/ 51 45.8 16.4 148/0.97 69 .15 26 05 15.29 -17 57.4 05 17.50 -17 54.3 3.303 2.644 +1.29 +13.4 9.6 22.8/ 55 42.4 15.0 156/0.85 71 .35 June 5 05 28.13 -15 42.9 05 30.39 -15 40.6 3.436 2.730 +1.20 +11.1 9.8 20.6/ 58 39.4 13.6 165/0.74 137 .99 15 05 40.12 -13 51.5 05 42.40 -13 50.1 3.558 2.816 +1.12 + 9.0 10.0 18.7/ 61 37.2 12.6 176/0.67 53 .10 25 05 51.28 -12 20.5 05 53.60 -12 20.0 3.664 2.904 +1.04 + 7.2 10.1 16.9/ 65 36.0 11.9 187/0.61 84 .37 July 5 06 01.62 -11 07.4 06 03.96 -11 07.6 3.753 2.993 +0.95 + 5.7 10.2 15.1/ 68 36.1 11.6 200/0.58 130 .96 15 06 11.12 -10 09.8 06 13.49 -10 10.7 3.825 3.082 +0.86 + 4.3 10.3 13.5/ 71 37.6 11.6 212/0.57 39 .07 25 06 19.75 -09 25.9 06 22.12 -09 27.4 3.877 3.172 +0.77 + 3.2 10.5 11.8/ 75 40.4 12.0 223/0.58 102 .41 Aug. 4 06 27.42 -08 53.7 06 29.81 -08 55.7 3.909 3.262 +0.67 + 2.2 10.5 10.1/ 78 44.3 12.6 233/0.61 110 .92 14 06 34.06 -08 31.5 06 36.46 -08 34.1 3.923 3.352 +0.55 + 1.3 10.6 8.3/ 81 49.3 13.3 242/0.64 39 .05 24 06 39.58 -08 17.8 06 41.98 -08 20.8 3.918 3.443 +0.43 + 0.7 10.7 6.4/ 84 55.2 14.0 250/0.67 124 .46 Sept. 3 06 43.83 -08 10.9 06 46.24 -08 14.1 3.896 3.534 +0.29 + 0.2 10.7 4.3/ 88 61.8 14.6 256/0.71 83 .88 13 06 46.70 -08 09.0 06 49.11 -08 12.5 3.859 3.624 +0.13 - 0.1 10.8 2.0/ 94 69.1 15.0 262/0.73 54 .04 23 06 48.03 -08 10.4 06 50.43 -08 14.0 3.810 3.715 -0.04 - 0.2 10.8 0.6/246 77.0 15.3 268/0.75 142 .52 Oct. 3 06 47.66 -08 12.9 06 50.07 -08 16.4 3.752 3.806 -0.22 - 0.1 10.9 3.2/268 85.5 15.2 273/0.76 57 .84 13 06 45.49 -08 14.1 06 47.89 -08 17.5 3.690 3.896 -0.41 + 0.3 10.9 6.1/273 94.4 14.8 278/0.75 79 .03 23 06 41.39 -08 11.5 06 43.80 -08 14.6 3.629 3.987 -0.60 + 1.0 10.9 9.0/276 103.9 14.0 284/0.73 135 .60 Nov. 2 06 35.38 -08 02.2 06 37.79 -08 04.8 3.576 4.077 -0.78 + 1.9 10.9 11.8/279 113.7 12.9 290/0.68 37 .81 12 06 27.55 -07 43.4 06 29.96 -07 45.5 3.536 4.167 -0.94 + 3.1 11.0 14.3/282 123.7 11.4 297/0.61 110 .02 22 06 18.15 -07 12.8 06 20.57 -07 14.2 3.516 4.257 -1.05 + 4.5 11.0 16.3/286 133.6 9.7 307/0.52 103 .67 Dec. 2 06 07.59 -06 28.7 06 10.03 -06 29.3 3.522 4.347 -1.11 + 5.9 11.1 17.6/289 142.6 7.9 320/0.42 46 .79 12 05 56.44 -05 30.9 05 58.89 -05 30.7 3.560 4.436 -1.11 + 7.1 11.1 18.1/293 149.4 6.5 339/0.34 141 .01 22 05 45.30 -04 20.5 05 47.78 -04 19.6 3.632 4.525 -1.05 + 8.1 11.2 17.6/297 152.1 5.8 5/0.30 63 .74 2024 Jan. 1 05 34.82 -03 00.1 05 37.32 -02 58.3 3.739 4.613 -0.93 + 8.8 11.3 16.5/302 149.5 6.2 31/0.31 76 .78 11 05 25.48 -01 32.7 05 28.01 -01 30.3 3.880 4.702 -0.78 + 9.2 11.5 14.8/308 142.8 7.3 49/0.36 143 .01 21 05 17.66 -00 01.8 05 20.22 +00 01.2 4.053 4.790 -0.61 + 9.2 11.6 12.9/315 134.1 8.5 62/0.40 30 .79 31 05 11.55 +01 29.7 05 14.14 +01 33.1 4.252 4.878 -0.43 + 9.0 11.8 11.1/324 124.5 9.6 70/0.43 109 .77 Feb. 10 05 07.19 +02 59.3 05 09.81 +03 03.0 4.472 4.965 -0.26 + 8.6 11.9 9.5/336 114.6 10.4 75/0.44 112 .00 20 05 04.54 +04 25.3 05 07.18 +04 29.3 4.708 5.052 -0.11 + 8.2 12.1 8.3/349 104.8 10.9 80/0.44 33 .82 Mar. 1 05 03.46 +05 46.8 05 06.13 +05 50.8 4.954 5.139 +0.03 + 7.6 12.2 7.6/ 4 95.2 11.1 83/0.43 140 .75 11 05 03.78 +07 03.0 05 06.48 +07 07.0 5.203 5.225 +0.16 + 7.1 12.4 7.4/ 18 85.8 10.9 86/0.40 77 .01 21 05 05.33 +08 13.8 05 08.05 +08 17.6 5.452 5.311 +0.26 + 6.5 12.5 7.6/ 31 76.6 10.5 88/0.37 60 .84 31 05 07.93 +09 18.9 05 10.67 +09 22.6 5.696 5.397 +0.35 + 6.0 12.7 7.9/ 41 67.7 9.9 91/0.33 162 .72