Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.8 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 79.08°
- Perihelion
- 0.801 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 143.01°
- Argument of periapsis
- 273.93°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2363852.00200 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 19
- Data arc
- 50 days
- First observed
- 26 January 1760
- Last observed
- 16 March 1760
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1760 B1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB