Comet
Brorsen
5D/Brorsen
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.661 AU
- True anomaly
- 319.42°
- 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
- 3.101 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.8098
- Inclination
- 29.38°
- Orbital period
- 5.46 years
- Perihelion
- 0.59 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.612 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 102.97°
- Argument of periapsis
- 14.95°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2407439.53410 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 8.3
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)