Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.13 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 61.22°
- Perihelion
- 1.127 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 124.24°
- Argument of periapsis
- 314.12°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2368883.60700 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 94 days
- First observed
- 17 October 1773
- Last observed
- 19 January 1774
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1773 T1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB