Comet
West-Kohoutek-Ikemura
76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.072 AU
- True anomaly
- 69.54°
- 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
- 3.47 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5389
- Inclination
- 30.48°
- Orbital period
- 6.47 years
- Perihelion
- 1.6 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.341 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 84.12°
- Argument of periapsis
- 0.07°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2456420.28176 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.4
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)