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116P/Wild 4

Comet
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Semi-major axis
3.484 au
Eccentricity
0.3723
Inclination
3.61°
Orbital period
6.516 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

116P116P/Wild 4Wild

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Shantanu Naidu
ClassETc
Semi-major axis a3.484 au
Eccentricity e0.3723
Inclination i3.61°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q2.187 / 4.78 au
Period2,380 d (6.516 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M20.99° / 173.31° / 14.47°
Earth MOID1.19 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2007-10-16 → 2023-10-04 · 4,667 observations

Provenance

where this card came from
ArchiveRead at (UTC)Record
Seeded from the bulk archive load; no per-object fetch yet.

Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/116p-wild-4 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.