79P/du Toit-Hartley
79P/du Toit-Hartley (Comet). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. 79P/du Toit–Hartley or du Toit 2 is a periodic comet, now divided into two parts, in the Solar System with an orbital period of 5.06 years.
79P/du Toit–Hartley or du Toit 2 is a periodic comet, now divided into two parts, in the Solar System with an orbital period of 5.06 years. Its most recent perihelion was reached on 30 September 2023. It was about 2.7 AU (400 million km) from the Sun and Earth on 26 May 2024.
- Type: Comet
- Diameter: 2.8 km
- Orbital period: 5.3 years
- Eccentricity: 0.594