Comet
Pons-Winnecke
7P/Pons-Winnecke
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.688 AU
- True anomaly
- 225.13°
- 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
- 3.419 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6376
- Inclination
- 22.33°
- Orbital period
- 6.32 years
- Perihelion
- 1.239 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.599 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 93.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 172.51°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457053.02780 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)