Comet
Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.319 AU
- True anomaly
- 205.27°
- 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
- 3.085 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6613
- Inclination
- 9.23°
- Orbital period
- 5.42 years
- Perihelion
- 1.045 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.125 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 141.06°
- Argument of periapsis
- 62.17°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457856.25299 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.9
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)