Comet
PANSTARRS
426P/PANSTARRS
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.697 AU
- True anomaly
- 184.87°
- 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
- 3.187 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1608
- Inclination
- 17.77°
- Orbital period
- 5.69 years
- Perihelion
- 2.674 AU
- Aphelion
- 3.699 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 280.52°
- Argument of periapsis
- 119.4°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2458126.03296 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.4
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)