Bode is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.71 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 32.44°
- Perihelion
- 0.713 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 28.14°
- Argument of periapsis
- 62.17°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2370830.08070 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 300
- Data arc
- 118 days
- First observed
- 19 January 1779
- Last observed
- 17 May 1779
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1779 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB