Mechain is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.63 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 103°
- Perihelion
- 0.626 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 329.61°
- Argument of periapsis
- 136.47°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2378490.89600 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 6
- Data arc
- 11 days
- First observed
- 26 December 1799
- Last observed
- 6 January 1800
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1799 Y1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB