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Oukaimeden

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C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)

Oukaimeden is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.63 AU to 977.02 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 10,807.7 years. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
28.793 AU
True anomaly
163.3°
Distance from Earth
29.347 AU
As of
25 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.

Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth Oukaimeden — 28.793 AU from the Sun Oukaimeden
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Oukaimeden is 29.347 AU from Earth today (4.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 22m 20s
Declination
+27° 39′ 07″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
29.35 AU
Elongation from the Sun
55.46° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
488.821 AU
Eccentricity
0.9987
Inclination
154.89°
Orbital period
10,807.7 years
Perihelion
0.626 AU
Aphelion
977.017 AU
Longitude of ascending node
278.62°
Argument of periapsis
314.57°
Epoch · J2000
2456784.5
Orbit class · COM
Comet
Earth MOID · 73.5 LD
0.1888 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
-0.877

Orbit quality

Observations used
1,519
Data arc
523 days
First observed
12 November 2013
Last observed
19 April 2015
Residual RMS
0.6 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
10.8
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 7.3
10.8

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2013 V5

Named

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