Herschel is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.76 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 148.07°
- Perihelion
- 0.758 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 179.13°
- Argument of periapsis
- 115.95°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2374859.21200 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 12 days
- First observed
- 9 January 1790
- Last observed
- 21 January 1790
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1790 A1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB