Comet
Catalina
459P/Catalina
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 5.047 AU
- True anomaly
- 188.18°
- 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
- 3.352 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5224
- Inclination
- 13.71°
- Orbital period
- 6.14 years
- Perihelion
- 1.601 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.103 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 272.04°
- Argument of periapsis
- 189.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457781.81986 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.2
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)