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C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski)

Pojmanski is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.56 AU to 4,751.61 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 115,824.5 years. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
41.716 AU
True anomaly
166.81°
Distance from Earth
40.796 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 Pojmanski — 41.716 AU from the Sun Pojmanski
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Pojmanski is 40.796 AU from Earth today (5.7 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
01h 24m 49s
Declination
+33° 14′ 53″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
40.8 AU
Elongation from the Sun
157.5° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
2,376.083 AU
Eccentricity
0.9998
Inclination
92.74°
Orbital period
115,824.5 years
Perihelion
0.555 AU
Aphelion
4,751.611 AU
Longitude of ascending node
211.34°
Argument of periapsis
351.19°
Epoch · J2000
2453818.5
Orbit class · COM
Comet
Earth MOID · 173.4 LD
0.4454 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
-0.042

Orbit quality

Observations used
600
Data arc
247 days
First observed
4 January 2006
Last observed
8 September 2006
Residual RMS
0.59 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
10.5
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 16.5
10.5

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2006 A1

Named

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