Comet
Rankin
501P/Rankin
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.306 AU
- True anomaly
- 200.65°
- 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
- 2.236 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6957
- Inclination
- 10.1°
- Orbital period
- 3.34 years
- Perihelion
- 0.68 AU
- Aphelion
- 3.791 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 140.49°
- Argument of periapsis
- 52.8°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459193.86057 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 21.9
- Spectral type
- ETc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)