Gale
34D/Gale
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.678 AU
- True anomaly
- 71.49°
- 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
- 23h 30m 40s
- Declination
- -32° 42′ 12″
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Distance from Earth
- 0.74 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 148.9° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 4.944 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.7607
- Inclination
- 11.73°
- Orbital period
- 11 years
- Perihelion
- 1.183 AU
- Aphelion
- 8.704 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 67.92°
- Argument of periapsis
- 209.16°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2429080.5
- Orbit class · JFc
- Jupiter-family comet (P < 20 y)
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 2.291
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 47
- First observed
- 1927-??-??
- Last observed
- 1938-??-??
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 10.5
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 20
- 10.5
Discovery & classification
Also known as 34D
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB