UPSA Object Registry
Registry · solar system

253P/PANSTARRS

Comet
harvesting The full record is being pulled from the archives right now — measurement tables, the Gaia row, catalogue photometry. This page will fill itself in.
Semi-major axis
3.469 au
Eccentricity
0.413
Inclination
4.94°
Orbital period
6.461 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

253P253P/PANSTARRSPANSTARRS

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Otto Matic
ClassJFc
Semi-major axis a3.469 au
Eccentricity e0.413
Inclination i4.94°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q2.036 / 4.9 au
Period2,360 d (6.461 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M146.88° / 230.71° / 55.11°
Earth MOID1.04 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc1998-09-14 → 2025-02-03 · 936 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/253p-panstarrs · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.