Comet
WISE
461P/WISE
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.658 AU
- True anomaly
- 249.13°
- 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
- 3.139 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5704
- Inclination
- 18.41°
- Orbital period
- 5.56 years
- Perihelion
- 1.349 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.929 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 194.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 174.78°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459492.52072 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.4
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)