Comet
PANSTARRS
500P/PANSTARRS
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.845 AU
- True anomaly
- 131.95°
- 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
- 3.356 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4134
- Inclination
- 2.38°
- Orbital period
- 6.15 years
- Perihelion
- 1.969 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.743 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 116.5°
- Argument of periapsis
- 42.29°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2460729.56269 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 14.3
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)