Messier is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.49 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 43.78°
- Perihelion
- 0.485 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 124.92°
- Argument of periapsis
- 343°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2377860.50800 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 9
- Data arc
- 40 days
- First observed
- 12 April 1798
- Last observed
- 22 May 1798
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1798 G1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB