Schmidt is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.98 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 172.11°
- Perihelion
- 0.981 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 328.44°
- Argument of periapsis
- 27.17°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2401314.02960 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 72
- Data arc
- 29 days
- First observed
- 2 July 1862
- Last observed
- 31 July 1862
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1862 N1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB