Respighi is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.8 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 137.54°
- Perihelion
- 0.803 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 357.7°
- Argument of periapsis
- 230.58°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2401503.17410 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 25
- Data arc
- 84 days
- First observed
- 28 November 1862
- Last observed
- 20 February 1863
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1862 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB