Great comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.28 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 97.49°
- Perihelion
- 0.277 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 317.5°
- Argument of periapsis
- 101.63°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2398302.01320 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 200
- Data arc
- 30 days
- First observed
- 29 March 1854
- Last observed
- 28 April 1854
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1854 F1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB