Great comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.23 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 103.82°
- Perihelion
- 0.227 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 305.51°
- Argument of periapsis
- 28.49°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2387239.43400 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 200
- Data arc
- 67 days
- First observed
- 31 December 1823
- Last observed
- 7 March 1824
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1823 Y1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB