Comet
PANSTARRS
456P/PANSTARRS
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.186 AU
- True anomaly
- 100.01°
- 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
- 3.165 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1187
- Inclination
- 16.96°
- Orbital period
- 5.63 years
- Perihelion
- 2.789 AU
- Aphelion
- 3.541 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 243.22°
- Argument of periapsis
- 234.67°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2458730.91265 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 12
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)