Comet
Forbes
37P/Forbes
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.631 AU
- True anomaly
- 150.83°
- 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
- 3.458 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5342
- Inclination
- 8.96°
- Orbital period
- 6.43 years
- Perihelion
- 1.611 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.305 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 314.58°
- Argument of periapsis
- 330.02°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2458242.68102 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 9.6
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)