Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.5 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 72.5°
- Perihelion
- 0.498 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 359.75°
- Argument of periapsis
- 88.57°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2365287.87400 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 46 days
- First observed
- 3 October 1763
- Last observed
- 18 November 1763
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1763 S1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB