Winnecke-Dien is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.36 AU to 311.48 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 156.422 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9913
- Inclination
- 14.15°
- Perihelion
- 1.359 AU
- Aphelion
- 311.484 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 240.26°
- Argument of periapsis
- 287.07°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2398568.8092
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 1.432
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 97 days
- First observed
- 16 January 1855
- Last observed
- 23 April 1855
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1854 Y1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB