Comet
Johnson
48P/Johnson
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.913 AU
- True anomaly
- 129.02°
- 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
- 3.499 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4271
- Inclination
- 12.21°
- Orbital period
- 6.54 years
- Perihelion
- 2.005 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.993 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 110.13°
- Argument of periapsis
- 216.57°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2458342.72836 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 9.1
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)