Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.06 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 167.51°
- Perihelion
- 1.063 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 159.93°
- Argument of periapsis
- 57.84°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2374428.30900 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 9
- Data arc
- 33 days
- First observed
- 27 November 1788
- Last observed
- 30 December 1788
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1788 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB