499P/Catalina (2025)

Japanese version Home page

Updated on March 29, 2025

Profile Designation 499P/2025 A5 Recovery Date January 7 and 29, 2025 Magnitude 19.5 mag, 18.3 mag Recoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala), E. Prosperi and M. Jaeger (Martinsberg, Oed, Austria) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2025 May 5.0 TT = JDT 2460800.5 T 2025 Mar. 4.39254 TT Pike q 0.9310447 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18802944 Peri. 2.55546 -0.78391910 -0.55848746 a 3.0175338 Node 139.30916 +0.56199839 -0.82397035 e 0.6914551 Incl. 24.58247 +0.26387241 +0.09573198 P 5.24 From 210 observations 2019 Nov. 1-2025 Feb. 5, mean residual 0".8.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 18.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2025-C161. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.11 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.