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Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma Home

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Coarse finder chart
(Field of view: 60°, Max. star mag.: 5) 		Fine finder chart
(Field of view: 2°, Max. star mag.: 12)
 
View from 90° above ecliptic plane
 View from above comet orbital plane
 
Position
Right ascension16h 4.8m
Declination-14° 19'
ConstellationScorpius
Distance from Earth15.249 AU
Last observed magnitude13.0
Date of last reported observation2019-Mar-18
Altitude-25.7°
Azimuth254° (WSW)
Angular separation from Sun86.6°
Ecliptic latitude6.4°
 Comet observations courtesy of COBS
Orbit
Distance from Sun15.222 AU
Perihelion1.582 AU
(2018-Nov-14)
Aphelion20.960 AU
Period37.8 years
Eccentricity0.859662
Inclination to ecliptic18.4°
Speed relative to Sun6.152 km/s

Warning!
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