Tempel is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.68 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 32.21°
- Perihelion
- 0.683 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 46.77°
- Argument of periapsis
- 311.98°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2400676.31190 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 3
- Data arc
- 2 days
- First observed
- 24 October 1860
- Last observed
- 26 October 1860
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1860 U1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB