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Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard 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 ascension15h 56.4m
Declination-3° 40'
ConstellationLibra
Distance from Earth14.141 AU
Last observed magnitude12.2
Date of last reported observation2022-Apr-02
Altitude-47.3°
Azimuth265° (W)
Angular separation from Sun127.3°
Ecliptic latitude15.6°
 Comet observations courtesy of COBS
Orbit
Distance from Sun14.778 AU
Perihelion0.614 AU
(2022-Jan-04)
Aphelion-
Period-
Eccentricity1.000277
Inclination to ecliptic132.7°
Speed relative to Sun10.975 km/s

Warning!
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