Comet
Grigg-Skjellerup
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.959 AU
- True anomaly
- 179.98°
- 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
- 3.024 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6397
- Inclination
- 22.46°
- Orbital period
- 5.26 years
- Perihelion
- 1.09 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.959 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 211.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 1.9°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2456479.50362 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.5
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)