35P/Herschel-Rigollet
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Orbit
- Orbit class (JPL)
- HTC — Halley-type Comet*
- Semi-major axis
- 28.8 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.974
- Inclination
- 64.2°
- Perihelion distance
- 0.748 AU
- Aphelion distance
- 56.9 AU
- Orbital period
- 56,600 days
- Perihelion passage
- JD 2429484.964
Earth approach
- Potentially hazardous (PHA)
- No
- Near-Earth object (NEO)
- Yes
In everyday life
- One orbit takes about 56,600 Earth days (about 155 years).
- Sunlight needs about 4 hours to reach it on average (semi-major axis 28.8 AU) — versus about 8 min 19 s to Earth.
- At its closest it comes 0.7 AU from the Sun — 74.8% of the Earth–Sun distance.
Worked out from this object's official values.