Klinkerfues is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.8 AU to 235.73 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 118.265 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9932
- Inclination
- 40.92°
- Perihelion
- 0.799 AU
- Aphelion
- 235.731 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 326.52°
- Argument of periapsis
- 129.9°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2398520.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 0.88
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 38
- Data arc
- 61 days
- First observed
- 12 September 1854
- Last observed
- 12 November 1854
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1854 R1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB