Scheithauer is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 54.6°
- Perihelion
- 1.05 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 281.74°
- Argument of periapsis
- 85.23°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2387534.06640 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 150
- Data arc
- 152 days
- First observed
- 26 July 1824
- Last observed
- 25 December 1824
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1824 O1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB