Levy
C/1991 L3 (Levy)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 24.23 AU
- True anomaly
- 187.08°
- As of
- 17 September 2026
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In the sky
- Right ascension
- 12h 35m 01s
- Declination
- -18° 44′ 33″
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Distance from Earth
- 25.14 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 24.06° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
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
- 13.813 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9289
- Inclination
- 19.19°
- Orbital period
- 51.34 years
- Perihelion
- 0.983 AU
- Aphelion
- 26.643 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 329.43°
- Argument of periapsis
- 41.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2448619.5
- Orbit class · HTC
- Halley-type comet
- Earth MOID · 29.3 LD
- 0.0753 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 1.517
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).
- Observations used
- 136
- Data arc
- 587 days
- First observed
- 14 June 1991
- Last observed
- 21 January 1993
- Residual RMS
- 0.74 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 5.80 km
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 8.9
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 14.5
- 8.9
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1991 L3
Close approaches 2 on record
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2042-11-21 11:56:00 | Earth | 0.4697 AU | 182.8 LD | 22.5 km/s |
| 2094-08-03 00:02:00 | Earth | 0.4441 AU | 172.8 LD | 28.2 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB