Comet
Brooks
D/1886 K1 (Brooks)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.587 AU
- True anomaly
- 222.77°
- 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
- 3.092 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5714
- Inclination
- 12.67°
- Orbital period
- 5.44 years
- Perihelion
- 1.325 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.858 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 55.14°
- Argument of periapsis
- 176.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2410064.71092 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)