Comet
PANSTARRS
P/2024 OC2 (PANSTARRS)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.617 AU
- True anomaly
- 175.86°
- 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
- 2.626 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.7742
- Inclination
- 7.67°
- Orbital period
- 4.26 years
- Perihelion
- 0.593 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.659 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 136.62°
- Argument of periapsis
- 258.54°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2460592.82824 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 20.7
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)