Petersen is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.96 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 85.04°
- Perihelion
- 0.96 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 217.33°
- Argument of periapsis
- 208.01°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2396412.35340 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 127
- Data arc
- 92 days
- First observed
- 26 October 1848
- Last observed
- 26 January 1849
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1848 U1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB