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Dubiago

C/1921 H1 (Dubiago)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
33.08 AU
True anomaly
179.65°
As of
17 September 2026

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In the sky

Right ascension
23h 41m 26s
Declination
-27° 00′ 21″
Constellation
Sculptor
Distance from Earth
32.17 AU
Elongation from the Sun
154.75° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
17.102 AU
Eccentricity
0.9347
Inclination
22.35°
Orbital period
70.73 years
Perihelion
1.116 AU
Aphelion
33.088 AU
Longitude of ascending node
67.13°
Argument of periapsis
97.48°
Epoch · J2000
2422830.5
Orbit class · HTC
Halley-type comet
Earth MOID · 149.2 LD
0.3835 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
1.496

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
27
Data arc
40 days
First observed
29 April 1921
Last observed
8 June 1921
Residual RMS
1.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1921 H1

Near-Earth Object Named

Sources