Comet
PANSTARRS
455P/PANSTARRS
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.945 AU
- True anomaly
- 205.64°
- 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
- 3.155 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3042
- Inclination
- 14.14°
- Orbital period
- 5.6 years
- Perihelion
- 2.195 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.115 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 146.21°
- Argument of periapsis
- 237.94°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457958.16827 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 9.4
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)