Comet
Gibbs
263P/Gibbs
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.471 AU
- True anomaly
- 200.1°
- 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
- 3.06 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5878
- Inclination
- 11.54°
- Orbital period
- 5.35 years
- Perihelion
- 1.261 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.859 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 105.81°
- Argument of periapsis
- 34.57°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2458026.39549 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.6
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)