Comet
Read
238P/Read
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.354 AU
- True anomaly
- 242.61°
- 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
- 3.166 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2517
- Inclination
- 1.26°
- Orbital period
- 5.63 years
- Perihelion
- 2.369 AU
- Aphelion
- 3.963 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 51.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 324.21°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459735.93183 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 8.3
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)