Comet
PANSTARRS
460P/PANSTARRS
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.043 AU
- True anomaly
- 336.46°
- 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
- 3.022 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6663
- Inclination
- 18.92°
- Orbital period
- 5.25 years
- Perihelion
- 1.009 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.035 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 180.53°
- Argument of periapsis
- 351.9°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457463.01688 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 20.9
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)