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C/2014 G1 (PANSTARRS)

PANSTARRS is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 5.47 AU to 2,058.71 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 33,157.6 years. Orbit from the JPL solution of 20 June 2022.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
26.526 AU
True anomaly
126.29°
Distance from Earth
26.764 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 PANSTARRS — 26.526 AU from the Sun PANSTARRS
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. PANSTARRS is 26.764 AU from Earth today (3.7 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 12m 11s
Declination
+10° 18′ 36″
Constellation
Cancer
Distance from Earth
26.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
75.37° — well clear of the Sun

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

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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
1,032.089 AU
Eccentricity
0.9947
Inclination
165.64°
Orbital period
33,157.6 years
Perihelion
5.469 AU
Aphelion
2,058.709 AU
Longitude of ascending node
337.93°
Argument of periapsis
77.05°
Epoch · J2000
2456727.5
Orbit class · COM
Comet
Earth MOID · 1,747.6 LD
4.4906 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
-2.8

Orbit quality

Observations used
89
Data arc
482 days
First observed
17 April 2013
Last observed
12 August 2014
Residual RMS
0.48 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
20 June 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.1
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 12.5
7.1

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2014 G1

Named

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