Comet
WISE-PANSTARRS
444P/WISE-PANSTARRS
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 5.019 AU
- True anomaly
- 199.04°
- 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
- 3.428 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5703
- Inclination
- 22.12°
- Orbital period
- 6.35 years
- Perihelion
- 1.473 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.383 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 89.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 170.89°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459770.87357 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.7
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)