Comet
Tempel
10P/Tempel 2
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.439 AU
- True anomaly
- 16.52°
- As of
- 29 August 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.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 3.064 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5372
- Inclination
- 12.03°
- Orbital period
- 5.36 years
- Perihelion
- 1.418 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.71 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 117.81°
- Argument of periapsis
- 195.54°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457340.78251 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 14.7
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)