Bouvard is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.77 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 137.75°
- Perihelion
- 0.775 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 252.28°
- Argument of periapsis
- 215.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2378131.91400 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 6
- Data arc
- 4 days
- First observed
- 7 December 1798
- Last observed
- 11 December 1798
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1798 X1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB