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Comet Near-Earth

Campbell

C/1914 S1 (Campbell)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.801 AU
True anomaly
251.74°
As of
17 September 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.

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 10m 01s
Declination
+14° 24′ 32″
Constellation
Coma Berenices
Distance from Earth
2.75 AU
Elongation from the Sun
14.22° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
7.053 AU
Eccentricity
0.9038
Inclination
76.86°
Orbital period
18.73 years
Perihelion
0.678 AU
Aphelion
13.428 AU
Longitude of ascending node
2.4°
Argument of periapsis
265.28°
Epoch · J2000
2420452.5
Orbit class · JFC
Jupiter-family comet (2 < T_J < 3)
Earth MOID · 58.7 LD
0.1508 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
0.964

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
5
Data arc
5 days
First observed
13 November 1914
Last observed
18 November 1914
Residual RMS
0.73 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Discovery & classification

Also known as 1914 S1

Near-Earth Object Named

Sources