Messier is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.12 AU to 326.79 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 163.455 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9992
- Inclination
- 40.73°
- Perihelion
- 0.123 AU
- Aphelion
- 326.788 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 178.29°
- Argument of periapsis
- 329.12°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2367454.6204
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.361
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 37
- Data arc
- 101 days
- First observed
- 22 August 1769
- Last observed
- 1 December 1769
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1769 P1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB