Mechain is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.35 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 131.72°
- Perihelion
- 0.349 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 109.85°
- Argument of periapsis
- 99.16°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2373878.82500 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Data arc
- 47 days
- First observed
- 10 April 1787
- Last observed
- 27 May 1787
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1787 G1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB