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297P/Beshore

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
3.104 AU
True anomaly
272.91°
Distance from Earth
3.752 AU
As of
11 October 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth Beshore — 3.104 AU from the Sun Beshore
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Beshore is 3.752 AU from Earth today (31.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 38m 42s
Declination
+15° 00′ 33″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
3.74 AU
Elongation from the Sun
43.89° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
3.484 AU
Eccentricity
0.3086
Inclination
10.26°
Orbital period
6.5 years
Perihelion
2.409 AU
Aphelion
4.559 AU
Longitude of ascending node
98.29°
Argument of periapsis
131.82°
Epoch · J2000
2454890.5
Orbit class · ETc
Encke-type comet
Earth MOID · 549.6 LD
1.4123 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.025

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
569
Data arc
13.25 years
First observed
20 March 2001
Last observed
18 June 2014
Residual RMS
0.7 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.7
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 20.5
6.7

Discovery & classification

Also known as 297P · 297P/2008 J2 · 297P/2014 D1

Named

Close approaches 9 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2071-12-31 01:13:00 Juptr 0.7039 AU 273.9 LD 4 km/s
2084-03-17 14:13:00 Juptr 1.8767 AU 730.4 LD 5.6 km/s
2085-08-23 19:30:00 Juptr 1.91 AU 743.3 LD 2.2 km/s
2143-03-01 17:49:00 Juptr 0.8322 AU 323.9 LD 4.4 km/s
2155-03-28 12:21:00 Juptr 0.7683 AU 299.0 LD 3.4 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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