Comet · 26P
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
Measurements
- Effective diameter
- 2.6 km
- Semimajor axis
- 3.024 AU
- Orbital period
- 1,920.965 Earth days
Orbit, physical values and uncertainties
- eccentricity
- .6396679618697105 ± 6.0032E-8
- semi-major axis
- 3.024224445052753 au ± 5.1447E-8
- perihelion distance
- 1.089724958049302 au ± 1.9011E-7
- inclination; angle with respect to x-y ecliptic plane
- 22.45511403015216 deg ± 1.0203E-5
- longitude of the ascending node
- 211.633966473815 deg ± 3.0332E-5
- argument of perihelion
- 1.896085645552865 deg ± 3.2501E-5
- mean anomaly
- 273.4178382900974 deg ± 6.5112E-6
- time of perihelion passage
- 2456479.503621726282 TDB ± 4.4628E-5
- sidereal orbital period
- 1920.965017929774 d ± 4.9018E-5
- mean motion
- .1874058073103134 deg/d ± 4.7821E-9
- aphelion distance
- 4.958723932056204 au ± 8.4356E-8
- comet total magnitude
- 16.5 ± 0.7
- comet total magnitude slope
- 5.5
- diameter
- 2.6 km
Published JPL orbital elements describe their stated epoch; they are not current positions. Small-body diameters can be effective/model-dependent sizes, not spherical shapes. Missing measurements remain unavailable. Pluto’s diameter uses the New Horizons reference rather than an empty SBDB field. Orbital epoch: JD 2456017.5 TDB.
Object reference ↗Missions & milestones
1 launches · 0 connected events
These are target-related flights and every connected programme record in the production catalogue. A connected event may concern another stage or target of the same journey. Launch outcome does not establish arrival or current operation.
TARGET-RELATED FLIGHT
→Giotto
July 2, 1985 · UTC
Complete source cohort: 9,386 records.
