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Ikeya-Murakami

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332P/Ikeya-Murakami

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.843 AU
True anomaly
304.32°
Distance from Earth
1.975 AU
As of
11 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth Ikeya-Murakami — 1.843 AU from the Sun Ikeya-Murakami
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Ikeya-Murakami is 1.975 AU from Earth today (16.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 06m 14s
Declination
+25° 41′ 22″
Constellation
Cancer
Distance from Earth
1.97 AU
Elongation from the Sun
67.83° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

From your location

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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
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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
3.087 AU
Eccentricity
0.4886
Inclination
9.38°
Orbital period
5.42 years
Perihelion
1.579 AU
Aphelion
4.596 AU
Longitude of ascending node
3.82°
Argument of periapsis
152.43°
Epoch · J2000
2455520.5
Orbit class · ETc
Encke-type comet
Earth MOID · 231.9 LD
0.5959 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.012

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
385
Data arc
80 days
First observed
3 November 2010
Last observed
22 January 2011
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Davide Farnocchia
17 January 2017

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
5.2
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 22
5.2

Discovery & classification

Also known as 332P

Named

Close approaches 1 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2057-11-01 15:25:00 Jupiter 0.4607 AU 179.3 LD 4.7 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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