103P/Hartley 2

103P/Hartley 2 — comet, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore 103P/Hartley 2 in a live 3D Solar System. Follow its calculated motion and inspect real astronomical data, distances and orbital facts.

A hyperactive little peanut of a comet: EPOXI flew past in 2010 and found it spitting golf-ball-sized snowballs from carbon-dioxide jets at both ends.

Nucleus

~2.3 km — a tiny peanut

Period

6.48 years

Visited

EPOXI flyby, November 2010

Jets

CO₂ geysers fling snowballs off its ends

Explore 103P/Hartley 2 in 3D

Cosmoscope places 103P/Hartley 2 in the Solar System using astronomical ephemeris or orbital elements, updated for the simulation time. Explore its calculated motion, distance and orbital facts in the interactive 3D view. Accuracy depends on the orbital model and its valid time range.