Comet
Harrington-Wilson
D/1952 B1 (Harrington-Wilson)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.864 AU
- True anomaly
- 227.5°
- 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
- 3.428 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5143
- Inclination
- 16.35°
- Orbital period
- 6.35 years
- Perihelion
- 1.665 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.191 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 128.48°
- Argument of periapsis
- 343.03°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2433949.87494 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 14
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)