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Tabur

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C/2003 T3 (Tabur)

Tabur is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.48 AU to 11,408.24 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 430,899.1 years. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
43.322 AU
True anomaly
158.73°
Distance from Earth
44.144 AU
As of
25 October 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.

Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth Tabur — 43.322 AU from the Sun Tabur
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Tabur is 44.144 AU from Earth today (6.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 41m 44s
Declination
-16° 24′ 46″
Constellation
Crater
Distance from Earth
44.14 AU
Elongation from the Sun
34.34° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
5,704.859 AU
Eccentricity
0.9997
Inclination
50.44°
Orbital period
430,899.1 years
Perihelion
1.481 AU
Aphelion
11,408.237 AU
Longitude of ascending node
347.06°
Argument of periapsis
43.77°
Epoch · J2000
2453220.5
Orbit class · COM
Comet
Earth MOID · 244.1 LD
0.6273 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
0.962

Orbit quality

Observations used
744
Data arc
566 days
First observed
15 October 2003
Last observed
3 May 2005
Residual RMS
0.63 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
5.9
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 14.8
5.9

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2003 T3

Named

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