Comet
Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.678 AU
- True anomaly
- 206.74°
- 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
- 3.026 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.824
- Inclination
- 4.25°
- Orbital period
- 5.26 years
- Perihelion
- 0.533 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.52 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 88.93°
- Argument of periapsis
- 326.34°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457753.78415 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 13.7
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)