Borrelly in 3D: live position and orbit

A comet with a nucleus shaped like a bowling pin, about 5 kilometres across, photographed up close by NASA’s Deep Space 1.

Borrelly is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Borrelly; you can travel in time, switch between the educational overview and the true-scale voyage, and compare it with every other body of the solar system.

Radius

2.4 km¹ (derived value)

Mean distance from the Sun

3.609 AU² (derived value)

Orbital period

2 504 days² (derived value)

Known moons

0 (as of October 2026)¹

Missions

• Deep Space 1

Sources

1. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database. read 2026-09-17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html
2. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Horizons System (osculating orbital elements). read 2026-09-17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/