Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.56 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 127.09°
- Perihelion
- 0.555 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 123.39°
- Argument of periapsis
- 104.86°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2365390.57100 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Data arc
- 39 days
- First observed
- 3 January 1764
- Last observed
- 11 February 1764
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1764 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB