Brorsen is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.98 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 38.2°
- Perihelion
- 0.985 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 225.77°
- Argument of periapsis
- 87.26°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2397361.24580 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 151
- Data arc
- 60 days
- First observed
- 1 August 1851
- Last observed
- 30 September 1851
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1851 P1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB