Galle is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.75 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 79.85°
- Perihelion
- 0.749 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 188.27°
- Argument of periapsis
- 138.04°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2393198.43780 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 24
- Data arc
- 20 days
- First observed
- 7 March 1840
- Last observed
- 27 March 1840
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1840 E1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB