Comet
Levy
255P/Levy
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.845 AU
- True anomaly
- 212.2°
- 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
- 3.025 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.672
- Inclination
- 18.33°
- Orbital period
- 5.26 years
- Perihelion
- 0.992 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.057 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 279.78°
- Argument of periapsis
- 179.59°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454015.88469 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 11.5
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)