Comet
Wild
81P/Wild 2
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 5.21 AU
- True anomaly
- 190.11°
- 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
- 3.45 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5374
- Inclination
- 3.24°
- Orbital period
- 6.41 years
- Perihelion
- 1.596 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.304 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 136.11°
- Argument of periapsis
- 41.73°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459929.28458 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 9.8
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)