Great comet is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.25 AU to 717.62 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 358.936 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9993
- Inclination
- 45.57°
- Perihelion
- 0.251 AU
- Aphelion
- 717.621 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 120.59°
- Argument of periapsis
- 177.51°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2394920.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.449
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 41
- Data arc
- 72 days
- First observed
- 27 December 1844
- Last observed
- 9 March 1845
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1844 Y1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB