Comet
LONEOS
182P/LONEOS
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.379 AU
- True anomaly
- 241.8°
- 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
- 2.931 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6663
- Inclination
- 16.91°
- Orbital period
- 5.02 years
- Perihelion
- 0.978 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.884 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 75.1°
- Argument of periapsis
- 51.44°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454137.37462 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 20.8
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)