Great comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.71 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 128.86°
- Perihelion
- 0.708 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 59.86°
- Argument of periapsis
- 336.12°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2372673.20000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 16
- Data arc
- 123 days
- First observed
- 24 January 1784
- Last observed
- 26 May 1784
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1783 X1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB