McNaught-Russell
262P/McNaught-Russell
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 10.266 AU
- True anomaly
- 198.43°
- As of
- 17 September 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 14h 44m 58s
- Declination
- -11° 22′ 12″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 10.92 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 46.91° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 6.935 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.8154
- Inclination
- 29.08°
- Orbital period
- 18.26 years
- Perihelion
- 1.28 AU
- Aphelion
- 12.59 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 218.01°
- Argument of periapsis
- 171.17°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2455919.5
- Orbit class · JFC
- Jupiter-family comet (2 < T_J < 3)
- Earth MOID · 113.2 LD
- 0.2908 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 1.918
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 1,339
- Data arc
- 18.36 years
- First observed
- 12 December 1994
- Last observed
- 22 April 2013
- Residual RMS
- 0.59 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 14.7
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 6.5
- 14.7
Discovery & classification
Also known as 262P
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB