Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.1 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 126.18°
- Perihelion
- 0.099 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 127.23°
- Argument of periapsis
- 237.83°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2371465.75200 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 3
- Data arc
- 38 days
- First observed
- 27 October 1780
- Last observed
- 4 December 1780
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1780 U2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB