Donati is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.58 AU to 311.69 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 156.132 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9963
- Inclination
- 116.95°
- Perihelion
- 0.578 AU
- Aphelion
- 311.685 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 167.3°
- Argument of periapsis
- 129.11°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2399960.5
- Orbit class · COM
- Comet
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -0.394
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 1,000
- Data arc
- 270 days
- First observed
- 7 June 1858
- Last observed
- 4 March 1859
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1858 L1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB