Comet
du Toit-Hartley
79P/du Toit-Hartley
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.808 AU
- True anomaly
- 175.2°
- 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
- 3.031 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5941
- Inclination
- 2.89°
- Orbital period
- 5.28 years
- Perihelion
- 1.231 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.832 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 307.84°
- Argument of periapsis
- 253.27°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454614.91143 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.4
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)