Donati-van Arsdale is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 1.01 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 142.16°
- Perihelion
- 1.009 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 141.31°
- Argument of periapsis
- 95.1°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2399638.06410 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 69
- Data arc
- 39 days
- First observed
- 10 November 1857
- Last observed
- 19 December 1857
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1857 V1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB