Comet
WISE
317P/WISE
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.135 AU
- True anomaly
- 130.19°
- 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
- 2.957 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5802
- Inclination
- 11.96°
- Orbital period
- 5.08 years
- Perihelion
- 1.241 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.672 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 275.69°
- Argument of periapsis
- 334.74°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457242.98542 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19.5
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)