Comet
Barnard
D/1884 O1 (Barnard)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.607 AU
- True anomaly
- 163.72°
- 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
- 3.073 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5836
- Inclination
- 5.47°
- Orbital period
- 5.39 years
- Perihelion
- 1.28 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.866 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 6.75°
- Argument of periapsis
- 301.05°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2409405.47293 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)