Great comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.53 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 148.56°
- Perihelion
- 0.528 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 111.94°
- Argument of periapsis
- 260.38°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2367865.23500 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 10 days
- First observed
- 10 January 1771
- Last observed
- 20 January 1771
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1771 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB