48P/Johnson Orbit by S. Nakano NK 4978 (2023) Observed in 1st half of 2026
Equinox 2000.0 T/TT q (AU) e P Peri. Node Inc. Tail(AU) Epoch 2025 Mar. 2.74957 2.0082367 0.4263899 6.55 216.86240 110.06393 12.20151 0.200 2026 June 9.0 m1 = 7.5 + 5 log Delta + 15.0 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 , ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ 2025 Dec. 31 03 04.26 +04 49.3 03 06.89 +05 00.8 2.267 2.950 +0.02 + 6.2 16.3 6.2/ 3 125.6 15.7 65/1.26 18 .84 2026 Jan. 10 03 04.49 +05 50.8 03 07.14 +06 02.3 2.426 2.993 +0.24 + 6.7 16.6 7.6/ 28 116.2 17.2 68/1.29 143 .56 20 03 06.87 +06 57.5 03 09.54 +07 08.9 2.597 3.036 +0.43 + 7.0 16.8 9.5/ 43 107.1 18.0 71/1.27 93 .01 30 03 11.19 +08 07.3 03 13.87 +08 18.4 2.775 3.079 +0.60 + 7.1 17.0 11.4/ 51 98.5 18.4 73/1.22 44 .89 Feb. 9 03 17.18 +09 18.2 03 19.88 +09 29.0 2.958 3.121 +0.75 + 7.0 17.3 13.1/ 57 90.2 18.4 75/1.15 165 .55 19 03 24.60 +10 28.8 03 27.33 +10 39.2 3.141 3.164 +0.87 + 6.9 17.5 14.5/ 62 82.3 18.0 77/1.06 64 .03 Mar. 1 03 33.26 +11 38.0 03 36.01 +11 47.9 3.323 3.206 +0.97 + 6.6 17.7 15.7/ 65 74.6 17.3 78/0.97 75 .93 11 03 42.94 +12 44.7 03 45.71 +12 54.0 3.500 3.248 +1.06 + 6.3 17.9 16.6/ 68 67.2 16.4 80/0.87 158 .54 21 03 53.47 +13 48.2 03 56.26 +13 56.9 3.671 3.289 +1.13 + 5.9 18.1 17.4/ 70 60.1 15.2 82/0.78 36 .05 31 04 04.70 +14 47.7 04 07.53 +14 55.7 3.834 3.330 +1.18 + 5.4 18.3 17.9/ 72 53.1 13.9 84/0.68 102 .95 Apr. 10 04 16.51 +15 42.8 04 19.35 +15 49.9 3.986 3.371 +1.23 + 4.9 18.4 18.4/ 74 46.2 12.4 86/0.59 137 .52 20 04 28.77 +16 33.0 04 31.64 +16 39.3 4.126 3.411 +1.26 + 4.4 18.6 18.6/ 76 39.5 10.8 88/0.50 11 .09 30 04 41.38 +17 18.0 04 44.27 +17 23.5 4.253 3.451 +1.29 + 3.9 18.7 18.8/ 78 32.9 9.1 90/0.41 127 .97 May 10 04 54.23 +17 57.6 04 57.14 +18 02.3 4.366 3.491 +1.30 + 3.3 18.8 18.9/ 79 26.4 7.4 93/0.32 114 .49 20 05 07.25 +18 31.8 05 10.17 +18 35.5 4.464 3.530 +1.31 + 2.8 19.0 18.8/ 81 20.0 5.6 97/0.24 27 .15 30 05 20.34 +19 00.5 05 23.28 +19 03.3 4.545 3.569 +1.31 + 2.2 19.1 18.7/ 83 13.7 3.8 104/0.16 151 .98 June 9 05 33.42 +19 23.7 05 36.37 +19 25.6 4.610 3.607 +1.30 + 1.7 19.2 18.5/ 84 7.6 2.1 118/0.09 90 .44 19 05 46.41 +19 41.7 05 49.37 +19 42.6 4.658 3.645 +1.28 + 1.2 19.3 18.1/ 86 3.7 1.0 177/0.04 54 .20 29 05 59.23 +19 54.6 06 02.20 +19 54.5 4.688 3.682 +1.26 + 0.7 19.3 17.7/ 87 7.3 2.0 242/0.08 171 .99 July 9 06 11.80 +20 02.7 06 14.77 +20 01.8 4.700 3.719 +1.22 + 0.3 19.4 17.3/ 88 13.4 3.6 257/0.15 62 .37 19 06 24.05 +20 06.6 06 27.02 +20 04.7 4.694 3.755 +1.18 - 0.1 19.5 16.7/ 90 19.9 5.3 264/0.22 80 .26 29 06 35.88 +20 06.6 06 38.84 +20 03.8 4.671 3.791 +1.13 - 0.4 19.5 16.0/ 91 26.6 6.9 268/0.28 160 1.00 Aug. 8 06 47.20 +20 03.3 06 50.16 +19 59.8 4.631 3.826 +1.07 - 0.7 19.6 15.1/ 92 33.4 8.4 271/0.35 32 .29 18 06 57.93 +19 57.4 07 00.88 +19 53.1 4.574 3.861 +1.00 - 0.8 19.6 14.2/ 93 40.5 9.8 273/0.41 106 .30 28 07 07.95 +19 49.6 07 10.89 +19 44.6 4.502 3.895 +0.92 - 0.9 19.6 13.0/ 94 47.7 11.1 275/0.47 134 1.00 Sept. 7 07 17.15 +19 40.8 07 20.09 +19 35.2 4.415 3.929 +0.83 - 1.0 19.6 11.7/ 94 55.2 12.2 276/0.52 6 .21 17 07 25.43 +19 31.9 07 28.35 +19 25.7 4.316 3.962 +0.72 - 0.9 19.6 10.2/ 94 63.0 13.1 277/0.58 132 .33 27 07 32.62 +19 23.8 07 35.54 +19 17.1 4.206 3.995 +0.60 - 0.7 19.6 8.5/ 94 71.1 13.7 278/0.62 105 1.00 Oct. 7 07 38.61 +19 17.7 07 41.52 +19 10.6 4.087 4.027 +0.46 - 0.3 19.6 6.5/ 93 79.5 14.1 279/0.66 34 .15 17 07 43.22 +19 14.5 07 46.12 +19 07.1 3.964 4.058 +0.31 + 0.1 19.6 4.4/ 89 88.3 14.2 280/0.68 159 .34 27 07 46.30 +19 15.3 07 49.21 +19 07.7 3.839 4.089 +0.14 + 0.6 19.6 2.1/ 75 97.5 13.9 281/0.69 72 .99 Nov. 6 07 47.72 +19 20.9 07 50.63 +19 13.2 3.717 4.120 -0.04 + 1.1 19.6 1.2/335 107.2 13.3 281/0.68 69 .11 16 07 47.35 +19 32.0 07 50.27 +19 24.4 3.601 4.150 -0.22 + 1.7 19.6 3.5/299 117.4 12.2 281/0.64 169 .36 26 07 45.16 +19 48.8 07 48.08 +19 41.3 3.499 4.180 -0.40 + 2.2 19.5 6.0/292 128.0 10.7 281/0.58 33 .97 Dec. 6 07 41.19 +20 10.9 07 44.12 +20 03.6 3.414 4.209 -0.56 + 2.7 19.5 8.3/289 139.1 8.8 281/0.49 105 .09 16 07 35.61 +20 37.4 07 38.56 +20 30.5 3.352 4.237 -0.68 + 3.0 19.5 10.0/288 150.7 6.5 281/0.38 134 .38 26 07 28.77 +21 06.7 07 31.73 +21 00.3 3.317 4.265 -0.76 + 3.1 19.6 11.1/286 162.5 4.0 281/0.23 10 .94 2027 Jan. 5 07 21.13 +21 37.0 07 24.11 +21 31.1 3.313 4.292 -0.78 + 3.0 19.6 11.3/286 174.5 1.3 282/0.08 143 .07 15 07 13.29 +22 06.4 07 16.28 +22 01.1 3.341 4.319 -0.74 + 2.8 19.7 10.7/285 173.4 1.5 96/0.07 94 .41 25 07 05.85 +22 33.4 07 08.86 +22 28.6 3.401 4.346 -0.65 + 2.4 19.7 9.3/285 161.5 4.1 97/0.22 53 .91 Feb. 4 06 59.37 +22 57.2 07 02.38 +22 52.8 3.491 4.371 -0.51 + 2.0 19.8 7.3/286 149.8 6.5 97/0.34 177 .06 14 06 54.26 +23 17.2 06 57.29 +23 13.2 3.609 4.397 -0.34 + 1.7 19.9 5.0/289 138.5 8.6 96/0.44 53 .46 24 06 50.80 +23 33.6 06 53.84 +23 29.8 3.748 4.421 -0.17 + 1.3 20.1 2.7/299 127.6 10.2 96/0.50 93 .88 Mar. 6 06 49.10 +23 46.5 06 52.14 +23 42.9 3.905 4.446 +0.01 + 1.0 20.2 1.0/ 4 117.1 11.5 96/0.54 144 .05