Galle is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.62 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 53.07°
- Perihelion
- 0.618 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 122.18°
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.27°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2393109.47520 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 59
- Data arc
- 69 days
- First observed
- 3 December 1839
- Last observed
- 10 February 1840
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1839 X1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB