Comet
Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.617 AU
- True anomaly
- 308.05°
- 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
- 3.289 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5774
- Inclination
- 14.44°
- Orbital period
- 5.96 years
- Perihelion
- 1.39 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.188 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 238.99°
- Argument of periapsis
- 167.77°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459179.51413 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.2
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)