Comet
McNaught-Hughes
130P/McNaught-Hughes
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.741 AU
- True anomaly
- 161.94°
- 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
- 3.382 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4608
- Inclination
- 6.07°
- Orbital period
- 6.22 years
- Perihelion
- 1.824 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.941 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 70.26°
- Argument of periapsis
- 245.91°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2458140.26490 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 10.5
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)