Comet
NEAT
189P/NEAT
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.065 AU
- True anomaly
- 229.5°
- 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
- 2.918 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5976
- Inclination
- 20.4°
- Orbital period
- 4.98 years
- Perihelion
- 1.174 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.661 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 282.2°
- Argument of periapsis
- 15.31°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454307.43843 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19.1
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)