Comet
NEAT
312P/NEAT
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.431 AU
- True anomaly
- 291.81°
- 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
- 3.459 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4301
- Inclination
- 19.79°
- Orbital period
- 6.43 years
- Perihelion
- 1.971 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.947 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 144.89°
- Argument of periapsis
- 207.69°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459117.31631 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.9
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)