Comet
WISE
412P/WISE
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.829 AU
- True anomaly
- 50.52°
- 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
- 3.107 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4809
- Inclination
- 8.94°
- Orbital period
- 5.48 years
- Perihelion
- 1.613 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.601 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 0.86°
- Argument of periapsis
- 155.96°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457187.50114 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.2
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)