Tuttle is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.84 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 138°
- Perihelion
- 0.839 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 147.04°
- Argument of periapsis
- 331.6°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2401117.17440 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 30
- Data arc
- 35 days
- First observed
- 29 December 1861
- Last observed
- 2 February 1862
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1861 Y1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB