Comet
Giacobini
205P/Giacobini-C
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.91 AU
- True anomaly
- 205.76°
- 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
- 3.54 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5687
- Inclination
- 15.31°
- Orbital period
- 6.66 years
- Perihelion
- 1.527 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.553 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 179.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 154.27°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454719.75399 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)