Comet
Brooks
16P/Brooks 2
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.633 AU
- True anomaly
- 314.36°
- 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
- 3.375 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.569
- Inclination
- 4.31°
- Orbital period
- 6.2 years
- Perihelion
- 1.455 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.295 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 159.34°
- Argument of periapsis
- 220.17°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2456823.26871 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 12.2
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)