Comet
Tritton
157P/Tritton-B
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.968 AU
- True anomaly
- 214.52°
- 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
- 3.111 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5011
- Inclination
- 12.43°
- Orbital period
- 5.49 years
- Perihelion
- 1.552 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.67 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 287.1°
- Argument of periapsis
- 153.98°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459830.56564 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.7
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)