Comet
Van Ness
213P/Van Ness
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.687 AU
- True anomaly
- 172.9°
- 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
- 3.348 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4076
- Inclination
- 10.38°
- Orbital period
- 6.13 years
- Perihelion
- 1.983 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.712 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 311.32°
- Argument of periapsis
- 5.56°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2458020.88184 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 10.8
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)