Comet
Catalina
367P/Catalina
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.725 AU
- True anomaly
- 117.99°
- 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
- 3.511 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2799
- Inclination
- 8.46°
- Orbital period
- 6.58 years
- Perihelion
- 2.528 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.494 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 58.74°
- Argument of periapsis
- 173.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2455895.33974 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 14.3
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)