Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.9 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 11.29°
- Perihelion
- 0.902 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 31°
- Argument of periapsis
- 76.23°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2368013.13490 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 100
- Data arc
- 72 days
- First observed
- 1 April 1771
- Last observed
- 12 June 1771
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1771 G1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB