Comet
Kohoutek
75D/Kohoutek
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.613 AU
- True anomaly
- 238.3°
- 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
- 3.543 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4963
- Inclination
- 5.91°
- Orbital period
- 6.67 years
- Perihelion
- 1.785 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.302 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 269.69°
- Argument of periapsis
- 175.8°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2449533.39848 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 10.5
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)