Comet
Urata-Niijima
112P/Urata-Niijima
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.537 AU
- True anomaly
- 329.6°
- 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
- 3.536 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5875
- Inclination
- 24.2°
- Orbital period
- 6.65 years
- Perihelion
- 1.459 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.614 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 31.93°
- Argument of periapsis
- 21.35°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2456468.00086 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 14.5
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)