Mechain is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.78 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 81.72°
- Perihelion
- 0.776 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 86.06°
- Argument of periapsis
- 156.21°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2371745.18900 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 12
- Data arc
- 17 days
- First observed
- 28 June 1781
- Last observed
- 15 July 1781
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1781 M1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB