Comet
Barnard-Boattini
206P/Barnard-Boattini
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.044 AU
- True anomaly
- 97.37°
- 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
- 3.234 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6485
- Inclination
- 33.2°
- Orbital period
- 5.81 years
- Perihelion
- 1.136 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.331 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 204.38°
- Argument of periapsis
- 181.36°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454763.54663 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 20.3
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)