Comet
NEOWISE
463P/NEOWISE
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 5.025 AU
- True anomaly
- 190.63°
- 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
- 2.976 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.8253
- Inclination
- 29.44°
- Orbital period
- 5.13 years
- Perihelion
- 0.52 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.433 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 283.72°
- Argument of periapsis
- 215.91°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2460033.32055 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.3
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)