Great comet is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.29 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 79.32°
- Perihelion
- 0.293 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 86.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 76.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2400578.06100 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 300
- Data arc
- 118 days
- First observed
- 22 June 1860
- Last observed
- 18 October 1860
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1860 M1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB